#16266B#16266B

#16266B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.5% C 0.122 H 268.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16266B
RGB	rgb(22, 38, 107)
HSL	hsl(229, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(229, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.4%, 64.5%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.44, 20.64, -42.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.44, 46.87, 296.13°)
OKLab	oklab(30.49% -0.004 -0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(30.49% 0.122 268.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.6769, 2.6179, 14.2186)
Luminance	0.0262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16266B #6B5B16

analogous

#16506B #16266B #31166B

triadic

#16266B #6B1626 #266B16

tetradic

#16266B #6B1650 #6B5B16 #166B31

square

#16266B #6B1650 #6B5B16 #166B31

split-complementary

#16266B #6B3116 #506B16

monochromatic

#050919 #0C1438 #16266B #20389E #2B4AD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.78

#16266B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#16266B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16266B

13.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16266B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16266B	1.00	13.78	1.52	13.78
#FFFFFF	13.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00296A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003844

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16266b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 38, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.5% 0.122 268.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#626096',
    500: '#16266b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16266b;
$custom-light: #626096;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16266b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.706,
    "s": 65.891,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30488,
    "c": 0.12167,
    "h": 268.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16266B

secondary

#A18E3B

accent

#C93FE9

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06040D

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16266B

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

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