#16246A#16246A

#16246A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.0% C 0.123 H 268.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16246A
RGB	rgb(22, 36, 106)
HSL	hsl(230, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(230, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 66%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.79, 21.67, -42.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.79, 47.70, 297.02°)
OKLab	oklab(29.98% -0.0025 -0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(29.98% 0.123 268.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.5624, 2.4725, 13.9224)
Luminance	0.0247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16246A #6A5C16

analogous

#164E6A #16246A #32166A

triadic

#16246A #6A1624 #246A16

tetradic

#16246A #6A164E #6A5C16 #166A32

square

#16246A #6A164E #6A5C16 #166A32

split-complementary

#16246A #6A3216 #4E6A16

monochromatic

#050919 #0B1337 #16246A #21359D #2B46CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.05

#16246A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#16246A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16246A

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16246A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16246A	1.00	14.05	1.49	14.05
#FFFFFF	14.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002869

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003643

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16246a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 36, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.0% 0.123 268.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#625e95',
    500: '#16246a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16246a;
$custom-light: #625e95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16246a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29978,
    "c": 0.12286,
    "h": 268.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16246A

secondary

#A0903B

accent

#CC3FE9

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06040D

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16246A

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

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