#16266C#16266C

#16266C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.6% C 0.123 H 268.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16266C
RGB	rgb(22, 38, 108)
HSL	hsl(229, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(229, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.6%, 64.8%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.54, 21.05, -42.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.54, 47.50, 296.30°)
OKLab	oklab(30.59% -0.004 -0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(30.59% 0.123 268.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.7298, 2.6391, 14.4973)
Luminance	0.0264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16266C #6C5C16

analogous

#16516C #16266C #31166C

triadic

#16266C #6C1626 #266C16

tetradic

#16266C #6C1651 #6C5C16 #166C31

square

#16266C #6C1651 #6C5C16 #166C31

split-complementary

#16266C #6C3116 #516C16

monochromatic

#050919 #0C1439 #16266C #20389F #2B4AD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.74

#16266C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#16266C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16266C

13.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16266C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16266C	1.00	13.74	1.53	13.74
#FFFFFF	13.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00296B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003845

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16266c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 38, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.6% 0.123 268.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#626097',
    500: '#16266c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16266c;
$custom-light: #626097;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16266c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.837,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30585,
    "c": 0.12312,
    "h": 268.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16266C

secondary

#A28F3C

accent

#C93FE9

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06040D

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16266C

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

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