#16197C#16197C

#16197C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 30.0% C 0.160 H 270.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16197C
RGB	rgb(22, 25, 124)
HSL	hsl(238, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(238, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.3%, 79.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.09, 35.76, -55.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.09, 65.83, 302.90°)
OKLab	oklab(30.05% 0.001 -0.1601)
OKLCH	oklch(30.05% 0.16 270.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.3154, 2.3206, 19.2854)
Luminance	0.0232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16197C #7C7916

analogous

#164C7C #16197C #46167C

triadic

#16197C #7C1619 #197C16

tetradic

#16197C #7C164C #7C7916 #167C46

square

#16197C #7C164C #7C7916 #167C46

split-complementary

#16197C #7C4616 #4C7C16

monochromatic

#05051A #0D0F48 #16197C #1F23B0 #3237DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.34

#16197C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#16197C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16197C

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16197C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16197C	1.00	14.34	1.46	14.34
#FFFFFF	14.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00257A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00374A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16197c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 25, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.0% 0.160 270.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6857a3',
    500: '#16197c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16197c;
$custom-light: #6857a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16197c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.235,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30048,
    "c": 0.16008,
    "h": 270.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16197C

secondary

#B1AE3D

accent

#E73BED

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECE9F4

border

#C7C5CE

text

#07030F

muted

#7A787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16197C

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

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