#16197F#16197F

#16197F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.4% C 0.164 H 270.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16197F
RGB	rgb(22, 25, 127)
HSL	hsl(238, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(238, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 80.3%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.45, 36.81, -56.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.45, 67.50, 303.05°)
OKLab	oklab(30.41% 0.0004 -0.1639)
OKLCH	oklch(30.41% 0.164 270.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.5080, 2.3976, 20.2998)
Luminance	0.0240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16197F #7F7C16

analogous

#164E7F #16197F #48167F

triadic

#16197F #7F1619 #197F16

tetradic

#16197F #7F164E #7F7C16 #167F48

square

#16197F #7F164E #7F7C16 #167F48

split-complementary

#16197F #7F4816 #4E7F16

monochromatic

#05051A #0D0F4B #16197F #1F23B3 #3438DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.19

#16197F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#16197F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16197F

14.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16197F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16197F	1.00	14.19	1.48	14.19
#FFFFFF	14.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003082

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00257D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00384B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16197f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 25, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.4% 0.164 270.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6958a5',
    500: '#16197f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16197f;
$custom-light: #6958a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16197f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.286,
    "s": 70.47,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30409,
    "c": 0.16388,
    "h": 270.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16197F

secondary

#B4B03D

accent

#E83BED

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECE9F4

border

#C7C5CE

text

#08030F

muted

#7A787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16197F

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

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