#16265E#16265E

#16265E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.3% C 0.102 H 267.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16265E
RGB	rgb(22, 38, 94)
HSL	hsl(227, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(227, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 59.6%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.29, 15.27, -35.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.29, 38.56, 293.32°)
OKLab	oklab(29.27% -0.0043 -0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(29.27% 0.102 267.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.0437, 2.3646, 10.8835)
Luminance	0.0237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16265E #5E4E16

analogous

#164A5E #16265E #2A165E

triadic

#16265E #5E1626 #265E16

tetradic

#16265E #5E164A #5E4E16 #165E2A

square

#16265E #5E164A #5E4E16 #165E2A

split-complementary

#16265E #5E2A16 #4A5E16

monochromatic

#060A19 #0A122C #16265E #223A90 #2D4EC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.26

#16265E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#16265E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16265E

14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16265E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16265E	1.00	14.26	1.47	14.26
#FFFFFF	14.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00275D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00343E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16265e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 38, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.3% 0.102 267.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e5f8c',
    500: '#16265e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16265e;
$custom-light: #5e5f8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16265e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.667,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29271,
    "c": 0.1021,
    "h": 267.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16265E

secondary

#95813B

accent

#C143E5

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#EAE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#05040C

muted

#79797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #16265E

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

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