#16276A#16276A

#16276A is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.6% C 0.119 H 267.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16276A
RGB	rgb(22, 39, 106)
HSL	hsl(228, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(228, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 63.2%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.64, 19.51, -41.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.64, 45.51, 295.38°)
OKLab	oklab(30.6% -0.0047 -0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(30.6% 0.119 267.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.6570, 2.6618, 13.9539)
Luminance	0.0266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16276A #6A5916

analogous

#16516A #16276A #2F166A

triadic

#16276A #6A1627 #276A16

tetradic

#16276A #6A1651 #6A5916 #166A2F

square

#16276A #6A1651 #6A5916 #166A2F

split-complementary

#16276A #6A2F16 #516A16

monochromatic

#050919 #0B1437 #16276A #213A9D #2B4CCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.70

#16276A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#16276A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16276A

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16276A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16276A	1.00	13.70	1.53	13.70
#FFFFFF	13.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00316C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003844

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16276a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 39, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.6% 0.119 267.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#626095',
    500: '#16276a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16276a;
$custom-light: #626095;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16276a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.857,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30602,
    "c": 0.11885,
    "h": 267.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16276A

secondary

#A08C3B

accent

#C63FE9

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06050D

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16276A

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

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