#16186D#16186D

#16186D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 28.1% C 0.142 H 271.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16186D
RGB	rgb(22, 24, 109)
HSL	hsl(239, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(239, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 78%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.10, 30.96, -48.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.10, 57.85, 302.35°)
OKLab	oklab(28.12% 0.0042 -0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(28.12% 0.142 271.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.4169, 1.9276, 14.6570)
Luminance	0.0193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16186D #6D6B16

analogous

#16436D #16186D #3F166D

triadic

#16186D #6D1618 #186D16

tetradic

#16186D #6D1643 #6D6B16 #166D3F

square

#16186D #6D1643 #6D6B16 #166D3F

split-complementary

#16186D #6D3F16 #436D16

monochromatic

#050619 #0C0D3A #16186D #2023A0 #2B2ED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.16

#16186D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#16186D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16186D

15.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16186D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16186D	1.00	15.16	1.39	15.16
#FFFFFF	15.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00226B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003141

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16186d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 24, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.1% 0.142 271.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#645698',
    500: '#16186d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16186d;
$custom-light: #645698;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16186d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.621,
    "s": 66.412,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28122,
    "c": 0.14155,
    "h": 271.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16186D

secondary

#A3A13C

accent

#E53EE9

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06030E

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16186D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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