#16198B#16198B

#16198B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.9% C 0.179 H 269.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16198B
RGB	rgb(22, 25, 139)
HSL	hsl(238, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(238, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 82%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.93, 40.93, -61.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.93, 74.04, 303.55°)
OKLab	oklab(31.87% -0.002 -0.1787)
OKLCH	oklch(31.87% 0.179 269.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.3371, 2.7293, 24.6666)
Luminance	0.0273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16198B #8B8816

analogous

#16548B #16198B #4E168B

triadic

#16198B #8B1619 #198B16

tetradic

#16198B #8B1654 #8B8816 #168B4E

square

#16198B #8B1654 #8B8816 #168B4E

split-complementary

#16198B #8B4E16 #548B16

monochromatic

#050621 #0E0F56 #16198B #1E23C0 #3B40E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.58

#16198B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#16198B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16198B

13.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16198B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16198B	1.00	13.58	1.55	13.58
#FFFFFF	13.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00348E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003D52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16198b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 25, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.9% 0.179 269.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c58ae',
    500: '#16198b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16198b;
$custom-light: #6c58ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16198b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.462,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31871,
    "c": 0.17872,
    "h": 269.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16198B

secondary

#BFBB3E

accent

#EB38EF

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F5

border

#C8C5CF

text

#080310

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16198B

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

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