#16256A#16256A

#16256A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.2% C 0.122 H 268.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16256A
RGB	rgb(22, 37, 106)
HSL	hsl(229, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(229, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 65.1%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.07, 20.95, -42.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.07, 46.97, 296.49°)
OKLab	oklab(30.18% -0.0032 -0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(30.18% 0.122 268.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.5931, 2.5339, 13.9326)
Luminance	0.0253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16256A #6A5B16

analogous

#164F6A #16256A #31166A

triadic

#16256A #6A1625 #256A16

tetradic

#16256A #6A164F #6A5B16 #166A31

square

#16256A #6A164F #6A5B16 #166A31

split-complementary

#16256A #6A3116 #4F6A16

monochromatic

#050919 #0B1337 #16256A #21379D #2B48CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.94

#16256A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#16256A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16256A

13.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16256A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16256A	1.00	13.94	1.51	13.94
#FFFFFF	13.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002869

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003743

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16256a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 37, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.2% 0.122 268.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#625f95',
    500: '#16256a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16256a;
$custom-light: #625f95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16256a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.286,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30183,
    "c": 0.12153,
    "h": 268.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16256A

secondary

#A08E3B

accent

#CA3FE9

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06040D

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16256A

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

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