#16257A#16257A

#16257A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.8% C 0.144 H 268.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16257A
RGB	rgb(22, 37, 122)
HSL	hsl(231, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(231, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82%, 69.7%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.63, 27.35, -49.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.63, 56.81, 298.78°)
OKLab	oklab(31.81% -0.004 -0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(31.81% 0.144 268.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.5041, 2.8983, 18.7306)
Luminance	0.0290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16257A #7A6B16

analogous

#16577A #16257A #39167A

triadic

#16257A #7A1625 #257A16

tetradic

#16257A #7A1657 #7A6B16 #167A39

square

#16257A #7A1657 #7A6B16 #167A39

split-complementary

#16257A #7A3916 #577A16

monochromatic

#05081A #0D1546 #16257A #1F35AE #314ADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.29

#16257A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#16257A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16257A

13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16257A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16257A	1.00	13.29	1.58	13.29
#FFFFFF	13.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003C4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16257a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 37, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.8% 0.144 268.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#665fa1',
    500: '#16257a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16257a;
$custom-light: #665fa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16257a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31808,
    "c": 0.14425,
    "h": 268.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16257A

secondary

#AF9E3D

accent

#D23CEC

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#EBE9F3

border

#C6C5CD

text

#07040F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16257A

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

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