#16198E#16198E

#16198E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.2% C 0.182 H 269.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16198E
RGB	rgb(22, 25, 142)
HSL	hsl(239, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(239, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 82.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.30, 41.93, -62.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.30, 75.64, 303.66°)
OKLab	oklab(32.24% -0.0026 -0.1823)
OKLCH	oklch(32.24% 0.182 269.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.5593, 2.8182, 25.8369)
Luminance	0.0282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16198E #8E8B16

analogous

#16558E #16198E #4F168E

triadic

#16198E #8E1619 #198E16

tetradic

#16198E #8E1655 #8E8B16 #168E4F

square

#16198E #8E1655 #8E8B16 #168E4F

split-complementary

#16198E #8E4F16 #558E16

monochromatic

#060624 #0E1059 #16198E #1E22C3 #3D41E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.43

#16198E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#16198E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16198E

13.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16198E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16198E	1.00	13.43	1.56	13.43
#FFFFFF	13.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003591

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00288C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16198e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 25, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.2% 0.182 269.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16198e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32241,
    "c": 0.18235,
    "h": 269.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16198E

secondary

#C1BE3F

accent

#EB38F0

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EDE9F6

border

#C8C5D0

text

#090311

muted

#7B7880

Preview Lab

Preview with #16198E

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

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