#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
RGBrgb(22, 24, 159)
HSLhsl(239, 76%, 35%)
HSVhsv(239, 86%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(86.2%, 84.9%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LABlab(21.31, 47.92, -70.12)
CIE-LCHlch(21.31, 84.93, 304.35°)
OKLaboklab(34.25% -0.0058 -0.203)
OKLCHoklch(34.25% 0.203 268.4)
XYZxyz(6.9134, 3.3262, 33.0718)
Luminance0.0333 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##16189F1.0012.611.6712.61
#FFFFFF12.611.0021.001.00
#0000001.6721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF12.611.0021.001.00

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

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#16189F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva