#16257F#16257F

#16257F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.3% C 0.151 H 268.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16257F
RGB	rgb(22, 37, 127)
HSL	hsl(231, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(231, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 70.9%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.15, 29.30, -52.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.15, 59.80, 299.33°)
OKLab	oklab(32.34% -0.0044 -0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(32.34% 0.151 268.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.8219, 3.0255, 20.4044)
Luminance	0.0303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16257F #7F7016

analogous

#165A7F #16257F #3C167F

triadic

#16257F #7F1625 #257F16

tetradic

#16257F #7F165A #7F7016 #167F3C

square

#16257F #7F165A #7F7016 #167F3C

split-complementary

#16257F #7F3C16 #5A7F16

monochromatic

#05081A #0D164B #16257F #1F34B3 #344CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.08

#16257F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#16257F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16257F

13.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16257F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16257F	1.00	13.08	1.61	13.08
#FFFFFF	13.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003682

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003E4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16257f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 37, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.3% 0.151 268.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#685fa5',
    500: '#16257f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16257f;
$custom-light: #685fa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16257f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 70.47,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32337,
    "c": 0.15106,
    "h": 268.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16257F

secondary

#B4A33D

accent

#D43BED

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECE9F4

border

#C7C5CE

text

#07040F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16257F

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

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