#16197E#16197E

#16197E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.3% C 0.163 H 270.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16197E
RGB	rgb(22, 25, 126)
HSL	hsl(238, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(238, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 80.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.33, 36.46, -56.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.33, 66.95, 303.00°)
OKLab	oklab(30.29% 0.0006 -0.1626)
OKLCH	oklch(30.29% 0.163 270.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.4431, 2.3717, 19.9582)
Luminance	0.0237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16197E #7E7B16

analogous

#164D7E #16197E #47167E

triadic

#16197E #7E1619 #197E16

tetradic

#16197E #7E164D #7E7B16 #167E47

square

#16197E #7E164D #7E7B16 #167E47

split-complementary

#16197E #7E4716 #4D7E16

monochromatic

#05051A #0D0F4A #16197E #1F23B2 #3338DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.24

#16197E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#16197E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16197E

14.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16197E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16197E	1.00	14.24	1.47	14.24
#FFFFFF	14.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003081

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00257C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00384B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16197e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 25, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.3% 0.163 270.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6957a5',
    500: '#16197e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16197e;
$custom-light: #6957a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16197e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.269,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30288,
    "c": 0.16262,
    "h": 270.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16197E

secondary

#B3AF3D

accent

#E83BED

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECE9F4

border

#C7C5CE

text

#08030F

muted

#7A787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16197E

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

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