#16256D#16256D

#16256D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.5% C 0.126 H 268.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16256D
RGB	rgb(22, 37, 109)
HSL	hsl(230, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(230, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 66.1%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.35, 22.17, -43.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.35, 48.85, 296.99°)
OKLab	oklab(30.48% -0.0033 -0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(30.48% 0.126 268.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.7518, 2.5974, 14.7687)
Luminance	0.0260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16256D #6D5E16

analogous

#16506D #16256D #32166D

triadic

#16256D #6D1625 #256D16

tetradic

#16256D #6D1650 #6D5E16 #166D32

square

#16256D #6D1650 #6D5E16 #166D32

split-complementary

#16256D #6D3216 #506D16

monochromatic

#050919 #0C143A #16256D #2036A0 #2B48D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.82

#16256D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#16256D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16256D

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16256D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16256D	1.00	13.82	1.52	13.82
#FFFFFF	13.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00296C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003845

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16256d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 37, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.5% 0.126 268.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635f98',
    500: '#16256d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16256d;
$custom-light: #635f98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16256d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.655,
    "s": 66.412,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30479,
    "c": 0.1259,
    "h": 268.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16256D

secondary

#A3913C

accent

#CC3EE9

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06040E

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16256D

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

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