#16246E#16246E

#16246E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.4% C 0.129 H 268.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16246E
RGB	rgb(22, 36, 110)
HSL	hsl(230, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(230, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 67.3%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.18, 23.28, -44.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.18, 50.19, 297.63°)
OKLab	oklab(30.38% -0.0027 -0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(30.38% 0.129 268.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.7753, 2.5577, 15.0435)
Luminance	0.0256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16246E #6E6016

analogous

#16506E #16246E #34166E

triadic

#16246E #6E1624 #246E16

tetradic

#16246E #6E1650 #6E6016 #166E34

square

#16246E #6E1650 #6E6016 #166E34

split-complementary

#16246E #6E3416 #506E16

monochromatic

#05081A #0C133B #16246E #2035A1 #2A45D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.89

#16246E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#16246E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16246E

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16246E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16246E	1.00	13.89	1.51	13.89
#FFFFFF	13.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003170

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00286D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003745

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16246e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 36, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.4% 0.129 268.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16246e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.455,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30379,
    "c": 0.12864,
    "h": 268.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16246E

secondary

#A4943C

accent

#CE3EEA

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06040E

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16246E

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

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