#16196D#16196D

#16196D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.3% C 0.140 H 271.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#16196D
RGBrgb(22, 25, 109)
HSLhsl(238, 66%, 26%)
HSVhsv(238, 80%, 43%)
CMYKcmyk(79.8%, 77.1%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LABlab(15.33, 30.33, -48.50)
CIE-LCHlch(15.33, 57.21, 302.02°)
OKLaboklab(28.28% 0.0038 -0.1404)
OKLCHoklch(28.28% 0.14 271.5)
XYZxyz(3.4379, 1.9696, 14.6640)
Luminance0.0197 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#16196D #6D6A16
analogous
#16446D #16196D #3E166D
triadic
#16196D #6D1619 #196D16
tetradic
#16196D #6D1644 #6D6A16 #166D3E
square
#16196D #6D1644 #6D6A16 #166D3E
split-complementary
#16196D #6D3E16 #446D16
monochromatic
#050619 #0C0D3A #16196D #2025A0 #2B30D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.06
#16196D on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39
#16196D on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16196D
15.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##16196D#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##16196D1.0015.061.3915.06
#FFFFFF15.061.0021.001.00
#0000001.3921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF15.061.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#002B6F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#00226C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#003141
Achromatopsia (no color)
#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #16196d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 25, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.3% 0.140 271.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#645698',
    500: '#16196d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #16196d;
$custom-light: #645698;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#16196d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.931,
    "s": 66.412,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28282,
    "c": 0.14047,
    "h": 271.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#16196D
secondary
#A3A03C
accent
#E33EE9
background
#F6F5F9
surface
#EBE9F2
border
#C6C5CC
text
#06030E
muted
#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16196D

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#16196D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva