#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
RGB	rgb(22, 25, 109)
HSL	hsl(238, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(238, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 77.1%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.33, 30.33, -48.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.33, 57.21, 302.02°)
OKLab	oklab(28.28% 0.0038 -0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(28.28% 0.14 271.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.4379, 1.9696, 14.6640)
Luminance	0.0197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##16196D	1.00	15.06	1.39	15.06
#FFFFFF	15.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

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

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