#16253C#16253C

#16253C is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 26.4% C 0.048 H 258.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16253C
RGB	rgb(22, 37, 60)
HSL	hsl(216, 46%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(216, 63%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 38.3%, 0%, 76.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.51, 1.95, -16.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.51, 16.81, 276.67°)
OKLab	oklab(26.35% -0.0094 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(26.35% 0.048 258.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.8078, 1.8198, 4.5301)
Luminance	0.0182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16253C #3C2D16

analogous

#16383C #16253C #1A163C

triadic

#16253C #3C1625 #253C16

tetradic

#16253C #3C1638 #3C2D16 #163C1A

square

#16253C #3C1638 #3C2D16 #163C1A

split-complementary

#16253C #3C1A16 #383C16

monochromatic

#080E16 #080E16 #16253C #264169 #375C96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.40

#16253C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#16253C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16253C

15.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16253C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16253C	1.00	15.40	1.36	15.40
#FFFFFF	15.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C273D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#17233C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#022A2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16253c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 37, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.4% 0.048 258.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#575f72',
    500: '#16253c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16253c;
$custom-light: #575f72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16253c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.316,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 16.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26352,
    "c": 0.04802,
    "h": 258.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16253C

secondary

#735D3B

accent

#A252D6

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9E9EC

border

#C5C5C7

text

#030407

muted

#78797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #16253C

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

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