#16197B#16197B

#16197B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.9% C 0.159 H 270.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16197B
RGB	rgb(22, 25, 123)
HSL	hsl(238, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(238, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.1%, 79.7%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.97, 35.40, -54.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.97, 65.27, 302.85°)
OKLab	oklab(29.93% 0.0012 -0.1588)
OKLCH	oklch(29.93% 0.159 270.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.2524, 2.2954, 18.9540)
Luminance	0.0230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16197B #7B7816

analogous

#164B7B #16197B #45167B

triadic

#16197B #7B1619 #197B16

tetradic

#16197B #7B164B #7B7816 #167B45

square

#16197B #7B164B #7B7816 #167B45

split-complementary

#16197B #7B4516 #4B7B16

monochromatic

#05051A #0D0E47 #16197B #1F24AF #3136DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.39

#16197B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#16197B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16197B

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16197B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16197B	1.00	14.39	1.46	14.39
#FFFFFF	14.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002579

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003749

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16197b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 25, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.9% 0.159 270.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16197b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.218,
    "s": 69.655,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29928,
    "c": 0.1588,
    "h": 270.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16197B

secondary

#B0AD3D

accent

#E73BEC

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECE9F4

border

#C7C5CE

text

#07030F

muted

#7A787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16197B

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

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