#16266E#16266E

#16266E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.8% C 0.126 H 268.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16266E
RGB	rgb(22, 38, 110)
HSL	hsl(229, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(229, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 65.5%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.72, 21.86, -43.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.72, 48.75, 296.64°)
OKLab	oklab(30.78% -0.004 -0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(30.78% 0.126 268.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.8375, 2.6822, 15.0643)
Luminance	0.0268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16266E #6E5E16

analogous

#16526E #16266E #32166E

triadic

#16266E #6E1626 #266E16

tetradic

#16266E #6E1652 #6E5E16 #166E32

square

#16266E #6E1652 #6E5E16 #166E32

split-complementary

#16266E #6E3216 #526E16

monochromatic

#05091A #0C143B #16266E #2038A1 #2A49D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.67

#16266E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#16266E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16266E

13.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16266E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16266E	1.00	13.67	1.54	13.67
#FFFFFF	13.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003270

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003946

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16266e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 38, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.8% 0.126 268.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16266e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.091,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30781,
    "c": 0.12603,
    "h": 268.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16266E

secondary

#A4913C

accent

#CA3EEA

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06040E

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16266E

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

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