#16246D#16246D

#16246D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.3% C 0.127 H 268.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16246D
RGB	rgb(22, 36, 109)
HSL	hsl(230, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(230, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 67%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.08, 22.88, -43.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.08, 49.57, 297.49°)
OKLab	oklab(30.28% -0.0026 -0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(30.28% 0.127 268.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.7211, 2.5360, 14.7584)
Luminance	0.0254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16246D #6D5F16

analogous

#164F6D #16246D #33166D

triadic

#16246D #6D1624 #246D16

tetradic

#16246D #6D164F #6D5F16 #166D33

square

#16246D #6D164F #6D5F16 #166D33

split-complementary

#16246D #6D3316 #4F6D16

monochromatic

#050819 #0C133A #16246D #2035A0 #2B46D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.93

#16246D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#16246D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16246D

13.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16246D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16246D	1.00	13.93	1.51	13.93
#FFFFFF	13.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00286C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003745

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16246d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 36, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.3% 0.127 268.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635e98',
    500: '#16246d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16246d;
$custom-light: #635e98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16246d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.345,
    "s": 66.412,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30278,
    "c": 0.1272,
    "h": 268.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16246D

secondary

#A3933C

accent

#CE3EE9

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06040E

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16246D

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

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