#16257D#16257D

#16257D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.1% C 0.148 H 268.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#16257D
RGBrgb(22, 37, 125)
HSLhsl(231, 70%, 29%)
HSVhsv(231, 82%, 49%)
CMYKcmyk(82.4%, 70.4%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LABlab(19.94, 28.52, -51.20)
CIE-LCHlch(19.94, 58.61, 299.12°)
OKLaboklab(32.13% -0.0042 -0.1483)
OKLCHoklch(32.13% 0.148 268.4)
XYZxyz(4.6928, 2.9738, 19.7247)
Luminance0.0297 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#16257D #7D6E16
analogous
#16597D #16257D #3B167D
triadic
#16257D #7D1625 #257D16
tetradic
#16257D #7D1659 #7D6E16 #167D3B
square
#16257D #7D1659 #7D6E16 #167D3B
split-complementary
#16257D #7D3B16 #597D16
monochromatic
#05081A #0D1649 #16257D #1F34B1 #324BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.17
#16257D on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59
#16257D on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16257D
13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##16257D#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##16257D1.0013.171.5913.17
#FFFFFF13.171.0021.001.00
#0000001.5921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF13.171.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#003580
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#002B7B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#003D4D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #16257d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 37, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.1% 0.148 268.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#675fa4',
    500: '#16257d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #16257d;
$custom-light: #675fa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#16257d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.262,
    "s": 70.068,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32125,
    "c": 0.14835,
    "h": 268.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#16257D
secondary
#B2A13D
accent
#D33BED
background
#F6F5FA
surface
#ECE9F4
border
#C7C5CE
text
#07040F
muted
#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16257D

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#16257D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva