#16266D#16266D

#16266D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.7% C 0.125 H 268.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16266D
RGB	rgb(22, 38, 109)
HSL	hsl(229, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(229, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 65.1%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.63, 21.45, -43.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.63, 48.12, 296.47°)
OKLab	oklab(30.68% -0.004 -0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(30.68% 0.125 268.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.7833, 2.6605, 14.7792)
Luminance	0.0266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16266D #6D5D16

analogous

#16516D #16266D #32166D

triadic

#16266D #6D1626 #266D16

tetradic

#16266D #6D1651 #6D5D16 #166D32

square

#16266D #6D1651 #6D5D16 #166D32

split-complementary

#16266D #6D3216 #516D16

monochromatic

#050919 #0C143A #16266D #2038A0 #2B4AD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.71

#16266D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#16266D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16266D

13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16266D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16266D	1.00	13.71	1.53	13.71
#FFFFFF	13.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00296C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003845

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16266d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 38, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.7% 0.125 268.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#636098',
    500: '#16266d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16266d;
$custom-light: #636098;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16266d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.966,
    "s": 66.412,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30683,
    "c": 0.12458,
    "h": 268.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16266D

secondary

#A3903C

accent

#CA3EE9

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06040E

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16266D

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

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