#16194C#16194C

#16194C is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.7% C 0.093 H 274.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16194C
RGB	rgb(22, 25, 76)
HSL	hsl(237, 55%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(237, 71%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 67.1%, 0%, 70.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.87, 17.49, -32.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.87, 36.52, 298.61°)
OKLab	oklab(24.73% 0.0077 -0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(24.73% 0.093 274.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.9826, 1.3875, 6.9994)
Luminance	0.0139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16194C #4C4916

analogous

#16344C #16194C #2E164C

triadic

#16194C #4C1619 #194C16

tetradic

#16194C #4C1634 #4C4916 #164C2E

square

#16194C #4C1634 #4C4916 #164C2E

split-complementary

#16194C #4C2E16 #344C16

monochromatic

#070818 #08091D #16194C #24297B #3138AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.44

#16194C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.28

#16194C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16194C

16.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16194C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16194C	1.00	16.44	1.28	16.44
#FFFFFF	16.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00224E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001D4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00262F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16194c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 25, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.7% 0.093 274.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b557f',
    500: '#16194c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16194c;
$custom-light: #5b557f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16194c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.667,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24732,
    "c": 0.09265,
    "h": 274.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16194C

secondary

#847F3A

accent

#D649DE

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E8EE

border

#C5C4C9

text

#04030A

muted

#79787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16194C

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

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