#16188B#16188B

#16188B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.7% C 0.180 H 269.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16188B
RGB	rgb(22, 24, 139)
HSL	hsl(239, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(239, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 82.7%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.75, 41.45, -62.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.75, 74.58, 303.76°)
OKLab	oklab(31.75% -0.0017 -0.1796)
OKLCH	oklch(31.75% 0.18 269.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.3161, 2.6873, 24.6596)
Luminance	0.0269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16188B #8B8916

analogous

#16538B #16188B #4F168B

triadic

#16188B #8B1618 #188B16

tetradic

#16188B #8B1653 #8B8916 #168B4F

square

#16188B #8B1653 #8B8916 #168B4F

split-complementary

#16188B #8B4F16 #538B16

monochromatic

#050621 #0E0F56 #16188B #1E21C0 #3B3EE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.66

#16188B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#16188B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16188B

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16188B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16188B	1.00	13.66	1.54	13.66
#FFFFFF	13.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00338E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003D52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16188b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 24, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.7% 0.180 269.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d58ae',
    500: '#16188b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16188b;
$custom-light: #6d58ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16188b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.974,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31746,
    "c": 0.17957,
    "h": 269.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16188B

secondary

#BFBD3E

accent

#EC38EF

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F5

border

#C8C5CF

text

#080310

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16188B

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

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