#16198D#16198D

#16198D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.1% C 0.181 H 269.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16198D
RGB	rgb(22, 25, 141)
HSL	hsl(238, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(238, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 82.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.18, 41.60, -62.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.18, 75.11, 303.63°)
OKLab	oklab(32.12% -0.0024 -0.1811)
OKLCH	oklch(32.12% 0.181 269.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.4846, 2.7883, 25.4433)
Luminance	0.0279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16198D #8D8A16

analogous

#16558D #16198D #4E168D

triadic

#16198D #8D1619 #198D16

tetradic

#16198D #8D1655 #8D8A16 #168D4E

square

#16198D #8D1655 #8D8A16 #168D4E

split-complementary

#16198D #8D4E16 #558D16

monochromatic

#050623 #0E1058 #16198D #1E22C2 #3D41E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.48

#16198D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#16198D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16198D

13.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16198D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16198D	1.00	13.48	1.56	13.48
#FFFFFF	13.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003590

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00288B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16198d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 25, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.1% 0.181 269.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d59b0',
    500: '#16198d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16198d;
$custom-light: #6d59b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16198d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.487,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32118,
    "c": 0.18115,
    "h": 269.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16198D

secondary

#C1BD3E

accent

#EB38F0

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EDE9F6

border

#C8C5D0

text

#090311

muted

#7B7880

Preview Lab

Preview with #16198D

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

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