#16188E#16188E

#16188E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.1% C 0.183 H 269.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16188E
RGB	rgb(22, 24, 142)
HSL	hsl(239, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(239, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 83.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.12, 42.44, -63.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.12, 76.17, 303.86°)
OKLab	oklab(32.12% -0.0024 -0.1832)
OKLCH	oklch(32.12% 0.183 269.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.5383, 2.7762, 25.8299)
Luminance	0.0278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16188E #8E8C16

analogous

#16548E #16188E #50168E

triadic

#16188E #8E1618 #188E16

tetradic

#16188E #8E1654 #8E8C16 #168E50

square

#16188E #8E1654 #8E8C16 #168E50

split-complementary

#16188E #8E5016 #548E16

monochromatic

#060624 #0E0F59 #16188E #1E21C3 #3D40E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.50

#16188E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#16188E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16188E

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16188E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16188E	1.00	13.50	1.56	13.50
#FFFFFF	13.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003491

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00288C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16188e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 24, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.1% 0.183 269.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d58b0',
    500: '#16188e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16188e;
$custom-light: #6d58b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16188e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32118,
    "c": 0.18318,
    "h": 269.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16188E

secondary

#C1BF3F

accent

#ED38F0

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EDE9F6

border

#C8C5D0

text

#090311

muted

#7B7880

Preview Lab

Preview with #16188E

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

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