#16253E#16253E

#16253E is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 26.5% C 0.051 H 260.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16253E
RGB	rgb(22, 37, 62)
HSL	hsl(218, 48%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(218, 65%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 40.3%, 0%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.63, 2.74, -17.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.63, 18.11, 278.71°)
OKLab	oklab(26.48% -0.0088 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(26.48% 0.051 260.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.8616, 1.8414, 4.8138)
Luminance	0.0184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16253E #3E2F16

analogous

#16393E #16253E #1B163E

triadic

#16253E #3E1625 #253E16

tetradic

#16253E #3E1639 #3E2F16 #163E1B

square

#16253E #3E1639 #3E2F16 #163E1B

split-complementary

#16253E #3E1B16 #393E16

monochromatic

#080D17 #080D17 #16253E #26406B #365B98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.35

#16253E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.37

#16253E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16253E

15.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16253E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16253E	1.00	15.35	1.37	15.35
#FFFFFF	15.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B273F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#16233D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002B2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16253e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 37, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.5% 0.051 260.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#575f73',
    500: '#16253e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16253e;
$custom-light: #575f73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16253e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26485,
    "c": 0.05138,
    "h": 260.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16253E

secondary

#755F3B

accent

#A551D7

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9E9ED

border

#C5C5C8

text

#030408

muted

#78797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16253E

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

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