#16189F#16189F

#16189F is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 34.3% C 0.203 H 268.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16189F
RGB	rgb(22, 24, 159)
HSL	hsl(239, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(239, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.2%, 84.9%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.31, 47.92, -70.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.31, 84.93, 304.35°)
OKLab	oklab(34.25% -0.0058 -0.203)
OKLCH	oklch(34.25% 0.203 268.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.9134, 3.3262, 33.0718)
Luminance	0.0333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16189F #9F9D16

analogous

#165C9F #16189F #58169F

triadic

#16189F #9F1618 #189F16

tetradic

#16189F #9F165C #9F9D16 #169F58

square

#16189F #9F165C #9F9D16 #169F58

split-complementary

#16189F #9F5816 #5C9F16

monochromatic

#070833 #0F1069 #16189F #1D20D5 #4A4CE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.61

#16189F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.67

#16189F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16189F

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16189F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16189F	1.00	12.61	1.67	12.61
#FFFFFF	12.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003AA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00455E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16189f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 24, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.3% 0.203 268.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7259bd',
    500: '#16189f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16189f;
$custom-light: #7259bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16189f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 239.124,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34252,
    "c": 0.2031,
    "h": 268.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16189F

secondary

#C7C54A

accent

#F036F2

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEE9F7

border

#C9C5D0

text

#0A0412

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #16189F

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

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