#16243E#16243E

#16243E is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 26.2% C 0.053 H 261.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16243E
RGB	rgb(22, 36, 62)
HSL	hsl(219, 48%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(219, 65%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 41.9%, 0%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.29, 3.49, -18.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.29, 18.78, 280.70°)
OKLab	oklab(26.22% -0.0074 -0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(26.22% 0.053 261.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.8310, 1.7800, 4.8036)
Luminance	0.0178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16243E #3E3016

analogous

#16383E #16243E #1C163E

triadic

#16243E #3E1624 #243E16

tetradic

#16243E #3E1638 #3E3016 #163E1C

square

#16243E #3E1638 #3E3016 #163E1C

split-complementary

#16243E #3E1C16 #383E16

monochromatic

#080D17 #080D17 #16243E #263E6B #365898

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.49

#16243E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#16243E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16243E

15.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16243E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16243E	1.00	15.49	1.36	15.49
#FFFFFF	15.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#19263F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#14223D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002A2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16243e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 36, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.2% 0.053 261.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#575e73',
    500: '#16243e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16243e;
$custom-light: #575e73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16243e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26217,
    "c": 0.05274,
    "h": 261.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16243E

secondary

#75613B

accent

#A851D7

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9E9ED

border

#C5C5C8

text

#030408

muted

#78797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16243E

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

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