#16243A#16243A

#16243A is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 25.9% C 0.046 H 259.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16243A
RGB	rgb(22, 36, 58)
HSL	hsl(217, 45%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(217, 62%, 23%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 37.9%, 0%, 77.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.05, 1.90, -16.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.05, 16.13, 276.75°)
OKLab	oklab(25.95% -0.0087 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(25.95% 0.046 259.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.7252, 1.7377, 4.2467)
Luminance	0.0174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16243A #3A2C16

analogous

#16363A #16243A #1A163A

triadic

#16243A #3A1624 #243A16

tetradic

#16243A #3A1636 #3A2C16 #163A1A

square

#16243A #3A1636 #3A2C16 #163A1A

split-complementary

#16243A #3A1A16 #363A16

monochromatic

#080E16 #080E16 #16243A #274066 #385B93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.58

#16243A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#16243A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16243A

15.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16243A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16243A	1.00	15.58	1.35	15.58
#FFFFFF	15.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B263B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#17223A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#04292C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16243a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 36, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.9% 0.046 259.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#565e70',
    500: '#16243a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16243a;
$custom-light: #565e70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16243a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.667,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 15.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2595,
    "c": 0.04597,
    "h": 259.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16243A

secondary

#715C3B

accent

#A253D5

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9E9EC

border

#C5C5C7

text

#030407

muted

#78797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #16243A

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

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