#16253B#16253B

#16253B is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 26.3% C 0.046 H 257.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16253B
RGB	rgb(22, 37, 59)
HSL	hsl(216, 46%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(216, 63%, 23%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 37.3%, 0%, 76.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.45, 1.56, -16.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.45, 16.16, 275.53°)
OKLab	oklab(26.29% -0.0098 -0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(26.29% 0.046 257.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.7816, 1.8093, 4.3922)
Luminance	0.0181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16253B #3B2C16

analogous

#16373B #16253B #19163B

triadic

#16253B #3B1625 #253B16

tetradic

#16253B #3B1637 #3B2C16 #163B19

square

#16253B #3B1637 #3B2C16 #163B19

split-complementary

#16253B #3B1916 #373B16

monochromatic

#080E16 #080E16 #16253B #274168 #375D94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.42

#16253B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#16253B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16253B

15.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16253B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16253B	1.00	15.42	1.36	15.42
#FFFFFF	15.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C263C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#18233B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#032A2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16253b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 37, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.3% 0.046 257.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#565f71',
    500: '#16253b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16253b;
$custom-light: #565f71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16253b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.676,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26287,
    "c": 0.04636,
    "h": 257.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16253B

secondary

#725C3B

accent

#A052D5

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9E9EC

border

#C5C5C7

text

#030407

muted

#78797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #16253B

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

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