#16187E#16187E

#16187E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 30.1% C 0.164 H 270.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16187E
RGB	rgb(22, 24, 126)
HSL	hsl(239, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(239, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 81%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.13, 37.03, -56.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.13, 67.53, 303.25°)
OKLab	oklab(30.15% 0.0009 -0.1635)
OKLCH	oklch(30.15% 0.164 270.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.4221, 2.3297, 19.9512)
Luminance	0.0233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16187E #7E7C16

analogous

#164C7E #16187E #48167E

triadic

#16187E #7E1618 #187E16

tetradic

#16187E #7E164C #7E7C16 #167E48

square

#16187E #7E164C #7E7C16 #167E48

split-complementary

#16187E #7E4816 #4C7E16

monochromatic

#05051A #0D0E4A #16187E #1F22B2 #3336DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.32

#16187E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#16187E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16187E

14.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16187E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16187E	1.00	14.32	1.47	14.32
#FFFFFF	14.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00257C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00374B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16187e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 24, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.1% 0.164 270.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6957a5',
    500: '#16187e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16187e;
$custom-light: #6957a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16187e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.846,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30149,
    "c": 0.16355,
    "h": 270.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16187E

secondary

#B3B13D

accent

#EA3BED

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECE9F4

border

#C7C5CE

text

#08030F

muted

#7A787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16187E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →