#16256E#16256E

#16256E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.6% C 0.127 H 268.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16256E
RGB	rgb(22, 37, 110)
HSL	hsl(230, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(230, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 66.4%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.45, 22.57, -44.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.45, 49.47, 297.15°)
OKLab	oklab(30.58% -0.0033 -0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(30.58% 0.127 268.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.8059, 2.6191, 15.0538)
Luminance	0.0262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16256E #6E5F16

analogous

#16516E #16256E #33166E

triadic

#16256E #6E1625 #256E16

tetradic

#16256E #6E1651 #6E5F16 #166E33

square

#16256E #6E1651 #6E5F16 #166E33

split-complementary

#16256E #6E3316 #516E16

monochromatic

#05091A #0C143B #16256E #2036A1 #2A47D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.78

#16256E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#16256E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16256E

13.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16256E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16256E	1.00	13.78	1.52	13.78
#FFFFFF	13.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003170

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00296D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003845

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16256e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 37, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.6% 0.127 268.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16256e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.773,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30579,
    "c": 0.12734,
    "h": 268.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16256E

secondary

#A4923C

accent

#CC3EEA

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06040E

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16256E

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

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