#16264B#16264B

#16264B is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 27.7% C 0.072 H 264.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16264B
RGB	rgb(22, 38, 75)
HSL	hsl(222, 55%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(222, 71%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 49.3%, 0%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.82, 7.32, -25.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.82, 26.05, 286.32°)
OKLab	oklab(27.68% -0.0068 -0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(27.68% 0.072 264.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.2935, 2.0646, 6.9329)
Luminance	0.0207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16264B #4B3B16

analogous

#16414B #16264B #21164B

triadic

#16264B #4B1626 #264B16

tetradic

#16264B #4B1641 #4B3B16 #164B21

square

#16264B #4B1641 #4B3B16 #164B21

split-complementary

#16264B #4B2116 #414B16

monochromatic

#070C18 #080E1C #16264B #243E7A #3256AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.86

#16264B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#16264B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16264B

14.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16264B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16264B	1.00	14.86	1.41	14.86
#FFFFFF	14.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#142A4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C254A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002E34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16264b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 38, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.7% 0.072 264.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a5f7d',
    500: '#16264b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16264b;
$custom-light: #5a5f7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16264b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.887,
    "s": 54.639,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27683,
    "c": 0.07169,
    "h": 264.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16264B

secondary

#836D3A

accent

#B14ADE

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9E9EE

border

#C5C5C9

text

#04040A

muted

#79797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16264B

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

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