#16243B#16243B

#16243B is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.0% C 0.048 H 259.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16243B
RGB	rgb(22, 36, 59)
HSL	hsl(217, 46%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(217, 63%, 23%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 39%, 0%, 76.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.11, 2.29, -16.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.11, 16.79, 277.84°)
OKLab	oklab(26.02% -0.0083 -0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(26.02% 0.048 259.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.7509, 1.7480, 4.3819)
Luminance	0.0175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16243B #3B2D16

analogous

#16363B #16243B #1A163B

triadic

#16243B #3B1624 #243B16

tetradic

#16243B #3B1636 #3B2D16 #163B1A

square

#16243B #3B1636 #3B2D16 #163B1A

split-complementary

#16243B #3B1A16 #363B16

monochromatic

#080E16 #080E16 #16243B #273F68 #375A94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.56

#16243B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#16243B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16243B

15.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16243B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16243B	1.00	15.56	1.35	15.56
#FFFFFF	15.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B263C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#16223B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#03292C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16243b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 36, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.0% 0.048 259.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#565e71',
    500: '#16243b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16243b;
$custom-light: #565e71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16243b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.297,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26015,
    "c": 0.04765,
    "h": 259.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16243B

secondary

#725D3B

accent

#A452D5

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9E9EC

border

#C5C5C7

text

#030407

muted

#78797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #16243B

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

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