#16253D#16253D

#16253D is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 26.4% C 0.050 H 259.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16253D
RGB	rgb(22, 37, 61)
HSL	hsl(217, 47%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(217, 64%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 39.3%, 0%, 76.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.57, 2.35, -17.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.57, 17.46, 277.73°)
OKLab	oklab(26.42% -0.0091 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(26.42% 0.05 259.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.8345, 1.8305, 4.6706)
Luminance	0.0183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16253D #3D2E16

analogous

#16393D #16253D #1B163D

triadic

#16253D #3D1625 #253D16

tetradic

#16253D #3D1639 #3D2E16 #163D1B

square

#16253D #3D1639 #3D2E16 #163D1B

split-complementary

#16253D #3D1B16 #393D16

monochromatic

#080E16 #080E16 #16253D #26406A #365C97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.37

#16253D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.37

#16253D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16253D

15.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16253D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16253D	1.00	15.37	1.37	15.37
#FFFFFF	15.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B273E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#16233C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#012A2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16253d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 37, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.4% 0.050 259.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16253d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.923,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 16.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26418,
    "c": 0.0497,
    "h": 259.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16253D

secondary

#745E3B

accent

#A351D7

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9E9EC

border

#C5C5C7

text

#030408

muted

#78797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16253D

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

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