#16257C#16257C

#16257C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.0% C 0.147 H 268.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16257C
RGB	rgb(22, 37, 124)
HSL	hsl(231, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(231, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.3%, 70.2%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.84, 28.13, -50.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.84, 58.01, 299.01°)
OKLab	oklab(32.02% -0.0041 -0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(32.02% 0.147 268.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.6293, 2.9484, 19.3900)
Luminance	0.0295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16257C #7C6D16

analogous

#16587C #16257C #3A167C

triadic

#16257C #7C1625 #257C16

tetradic

#16257C #7C1658 #7C6D16 #167C3A

square

#16257C #7C1658 #7C6D16 #167C3A

split-complementary

#16257C #7C3A16 #587C16

monochromatic

#05081A #0D1548 #16257C #1F35B0 #324BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.21

#16257C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#16257C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16257C

13.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16257C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16257C	1.00	13.21	1.59	13.21
#FFFFFF	13.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16257c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 37, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.0% 0.147 268.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#675fa3',
    500: '#16257c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16257c;
$custom-light: #675fa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16257c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.176,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32019,
    "c": 0.14699,
    "h": 268.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16257C

secondary

#B1A03D

accent

#D33BED

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#EBE9F4

border

#C6C5CE

text

#07040F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16257C

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

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