#16196A#16196A

#16196A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.9% C 0.136 H 271.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16196A
RGB	rgb(22, 25, 106)
HSL	hsl(238, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(238, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 76.4%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.99, 29.21, -47.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.99, 55.43, 301.80°)
OKLab	oklab(27.94% 0.0043 -0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(27.94% 0.136 271.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.2791, 1.9061, 13.8280)
Luminance	0.0191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16196A #6A6716

analogous

#16436A #16196A #3D166A

triadic

#16196A #6A1619 #196A16

tetradic

#16196A #6A1643 #6A6716 #166A3D

square

#16196A #6A1643 #6A6716 #166A3D

split-complementary

#16196A #6A3D16 #436A16

monochromatic

#050619 #0B0D37 #16196A #21259D #2B31CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.20

#16196A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#16196A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16196A

15.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16196A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16196A	1.00	15.20	1.38	15.20
#FFFFFF	15.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002269

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003040

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16196a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 25, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.9% 0.136 271.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635696',
    500: '#16196a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16196a;
$custom-light: #635696;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16196a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.857,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27938,
    "c": 0.13641,
    "h": 271.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16196A

secondary

#A09D3B

accent

#E33FE9

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06030D

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16196A

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

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