#16196E#16196E

#16196E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.4% C 0.142 H 271.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#16196E
RGBrgb(22, 25, 110)
HSLhsl(238, 67%, 26%)
HSVhsv(238, 80%, 43%)
CMYKcmyk(80%, 77.3%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LABlab(15.44, 30.70, -48.97)
CIE-LCHlch(15.44, 57.79, 302.08°)
OKLaboklab(28.4% 0.0036 -0.1418)
OKLCHoklch(28.4% 0.142 271.5)
XYZxyz(3.4920, 1.9912, 14.9491)
Luminance0.0199 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#16196E #6E6B16
analogous
#16456E #16196E #3F166E
triadic
#16196E #6E1619 #196E16
tetradic
#16196E #6E1645 #6E6B16 #166E3F
square
#16196E #6E1645 #6E6B16 #166E3F
split-complementary
#16196E #6E3F16 #456E16
monochromatic
#05061A #0C0D3B #16196E #2025A1 #2A30D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.02
#16196E on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.40
#16196E on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16196E
15.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##16196E#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##16196E1.0015.021.4015.02
#FFFFFF15.021.0021.001.00
#0000001.4021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF15.021.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#002B70
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#00226C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#003242
Achromatopsia (no color)
#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #16196e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 25, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.4% 0.142 271.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#645699',
    500: '#16196e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #16196e;
$custom-light: #645699;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#16196e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.955,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28397,
    "c": 0.14181,
    "h": 271.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#16196E
secondary
#A4A13C
accent
#E43EEA
background
#F6F5F9
surface
#EBE9F2
border
#C6C5CC
text
#06030E
muted
#7A787E

Preview Lab

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