#16274B#16274B

#16274B is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 27.9% C 0.070 H 263.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16274B
RGB	rgb(22, 39, 75)
HSL	hsl(221, 55%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(221, 71%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 48%, 0%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.15, 6.58, -24.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.15, 25.34, 285.05°)
OKLab	oklab(27.94% -0.008 -0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(27.94% 0.07 263.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.3260, 2.1294, 6.9437)
Luminance	0.0213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16274B #4B3A16

analogous

#16424B #16274B #20164B

triadic

#16274B #4B1627 #274B16

tetradic

#16274B #4B1642 #4B3A16 #164B20

square

#16274B #4B1642 #4B3A16 #164B20

split-complementary

#16274B #4B2016 #424B16

monochromatic

#070C18 #080E1C #16274B #24407A #3258AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.73

#16274B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#16274B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16274B

14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16274B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16274B	1.00	14.73	1.43	14.73
#FFFFFF	14.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#162B4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E264A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002F35

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16274b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 39, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.9% 0.070 263.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a607d',
    500: '#16274b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16274b;
$custom-light: #5a607d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16274b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.755,
    "s": 54.639,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27936,
    "c": 0.07026,
    "h": 263.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16274B

secondary

#836B3A

accent

#AE4ADE

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9E9EE

border

#C5C5C9

text

#04040A

muted

#79797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16274B

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

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