#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
RGB	rgb(22, 25, 110)
HSL	hsl(238, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(238, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 77.3%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.44, 30.70, -48.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.44, 57.79, 302.08°)
OKLab	oklab(28.4% 0.0036 -0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(28.4% 0.142 271.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.4920, 1.9912, 14.9491)
Luminance	0.0199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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
##16196E	1.00	15.02	1.40	15.02
#FFFFFF	15.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #16196E

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

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