#16246B#16246B

#16246B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.1% C 0.124 H 268.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16246B
RGB	rgb(22, 36, 107)
HSL	hsl(230, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(230, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.4%, 66.4%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.89, 22.07, -42.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.89, 48.32, 297.18°)
OKLab	oklab(30.08% -0.0026 -0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(30.08% 0.124 268.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.6147, 2.4935, 14.1979)
Luminance	0.0249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16246B #6B5D16

analogous

#164E6B #16246B #33166B

triadic

#16246B #6B1624 #246B16

tetradic

#16246B #6B164E #6B5D16 #166B33

square

#16246B #6B164E #6B5D16 #166B33

split-complementary

#16246B #6B3316 #4E6B16

monochromatic

#050919 #0C1338 #16246B #20359E #2B46D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.01

#16246B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#16246B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16246B

14.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16246B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16246B	1.00	14.01	1.50	14.01
#FFFFFF	14.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00286A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003643

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16246b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 36, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.1% 0.124 268.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#625e96',
    500: '#16246b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16246b;
$custom-light: #625e96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16246b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.118,
    "s": 65.891,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30078,
    "c": 0.12431,
    "h": 268.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16246B

secondary

#A1913B

accent

#CD3FE9

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06040D

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16246B

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

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