#16243C#16243C

#16243C is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 26.1% C 0.049 H 260.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16243C
RGB	rgb(22, 36, 60)
HSL	hsl(218, 46%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(218, 63%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 40%, 0%, 76.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.16, 2.69, -17.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.16, 17.45, 278.86°)
OKLab	oklab(26.08% -0.008 -0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(26.08% 0.049 260.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.7771, 1.7584, 4.5199)
Luminance	0.0176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16243C #3C2E16

analogous

#16373C #16243C #1B163C

triadic

#16243C #3C1624 #243C16

tetradic

#16243C #3C1637 #3C2E16 #163C1B

square

#16243C #3C1637 #3C2E16 #163C1B

split-complementary

#16243C #3C1B16 #373C16

monochromatic

#080D16 #080D16 #16243C #263F69 #375A96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.53

#16243C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#16243C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16243C

15.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16243C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16243C	1.00	15.53	1.35	15.53
#FFFFFF	15.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A263D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#16223B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#02292D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16243c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 36, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.1% 0.049 260.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#575e72',
    500: '#16243c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16243c;
$custom-light: #575e72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16243c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.895,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 16.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26082,
    "c": 0.04934,
    "h": 260.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16243C

secondary

#735E3B

accent

#A552D6

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9E9EC

border

#C5C5C7

text

#030408

muted

#78797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16243C

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

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