#16188C#16188C

#16188C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.9% C 0.181 H 269.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16188C
RGB	rgb(22, 24, 140)
HSL	hsl(239, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(239, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.3%, 82.9%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.87, 41.78, -62.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.87, 75.12, 303.80°)
OKLab	oklab(31.87% -0.0019 -0.1808)
OKLCH	oklch(31.87% 0.181 269.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.3895, 2.7166, 25.0462)
Luminance	0.0272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16188C #8C8A16

analogous

#16538C #16188C #4F168C

triadic

#16188C #8C1618 #188C16

tetradic

#16188C #8C1653 #8C8A16 #168C4F

square

#16188C #8C1653 #8C8A16 #168C4F

split-complementary

#16188C #8C4F16 #538C16

monochromatic

#050622 #0E0F57 #16188C #1E21C1 #3C3FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.61

#16188C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#16188C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16188C

13.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16188C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16188C	1.00	13.61	1.54	13.61
#FFFFFF	13.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00348F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00288A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003D53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16188c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 24, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.9% 0.181 269.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d58af',
    500: '#16188c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16188c;
$custom-light: #6d58af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16188c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.983,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3187,
    "c": 0.18077,
    "h": 269.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16188C

secondary

#C0BD3E

accent

#EC38F0

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F5

border

#C8C5CF

text

#080311

muted

#7B7880

Preview Lab

Preview with #16188C

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

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