#16256F#16256F

#16256F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.7% C 0.129 H 268.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16256F
RGB	rgb(22, 37, 111)
HSL	hsl(230, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(230, 80%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.2%, 66.7%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.54, 22.98, -44.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.54, 50.09, 297.30°)
OKLab	oklab(30.68% -0.0034 -0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(30.68% 0.129 268.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.8607, 2.6410, 15.3421)
Luminance	0.0264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16256F #6F6016

analogous

#16516F #16256F #33166F

triadic

#16256F #6F1625 #256F16

tetradic

#16256F #6F1651 #6F6016 #166F33

square

#16256F #6F1651 #6F6016 #166F33

split-complementary

#16256F #6F3316 #516F16

monochromatic

#05091A #0C143C #16256F #2036A2 #2B47D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.74

#16256F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#16256F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16256F

13.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16256F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16256F	1.00	13.74	1.53	13.74
#FFFFFF	13.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00296E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003846

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16256f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 37, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.7% 0.129 268.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635f99',
    500: '#16256f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16256f;
$custom-light: #635f99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16256f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.888,
    "s": 66.917,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30679,
    "c": 0.12878,
    "h": 268.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16256F

secondary

#A5933C

accent

#CD3EEA

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06040E

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16256F

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

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