#16246C#16246C

#16246C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.2% C 0.126 H 268.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16246C
RGB	rgb(22, 36, 108)
HSL	hsl(230, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(230, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.6%, 66.7%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.98, 22.48, -43.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.98, 48.95, 297.33°)
OKLab	oklab(30.18% -0.0026 -0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(30.18% 0.126 268.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.6676, 2.5146, 14.4765)
Luminance	0.0251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16246C #6C5E16

analogous

#164F6C #16246C #33166C

triadic

#16246C #6C1624 #246C16

tetradic

#16246C #6C164F #6C5E16 #166C33

square

#16246C #6C164F #6C5E16 #166C33

split-complementary

#16246C #6C3316 #4F6C16

monochromatic

#050819 #0C1339 #16246C #20359F #2B46D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.97

#16246C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#16246C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16246C

13.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16246C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16246C	1.00	13.97	1.50	13.97
#FFFFFF	13.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00286B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003744

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16246c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 36, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.2% 0.126 268.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635e97',
    500: '#16246c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16246c;
$custom-light: #635e97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16246c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.233,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30178,
    "c": 0.12576,
    "h": 268.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16246C

secondary

#A2923C

accent

#CD3FE9

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06040D

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16246C

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

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