#16197A#16197A

#16197A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.8% C 0.158 H 270.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16197A
RGB	rgb(22, 25, 122)
HSL	hsl(238, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(238, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82%, 79.5%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.85, 35.05, -54.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.85, 64.71, 302.80°)
OKLab	oklab(29.81% 0.0014 -0.1575)
OKLCH	oklch(29.81% 0.158 270.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.1902, 2.2705, 18.6260)
Luminance	0.0227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16197A #7A7716

analogous

#164B7A #16197A #45167A

triadic

#16197A #7A1619 #197A16

tetradic

#16197A #7A164B #7A7716 #167A45

square

#16197A #7A164B #7A7716 #167A45

split-complementary

#16197A #7A4516 #4B7A16

monochromatic

#05051A #0D0E46 #16197A #1F24AE #3136DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.44

#16197A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#16197A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16197A

14.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16197A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16197A	1.00	14.44	1.45	14.44
#FFFFFF	14.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003649

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16197a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 25, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.8% 0.158 270.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6857a2',
    500: '#16197a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16197a;
$custom-light: #6857a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16197a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.2,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29809,
    "c": 0.15753,
    "h": 270.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16197A

secondary

#AFAC3D

accent

#E73CEC

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECE9F4

border

#C7C5CE

text

#07030F

muted

#7A787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16197A

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

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