#16276B#16276B

#16276B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.7% C 0.120 H 267.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16276B
RGB	rgb(22, 39, 107)
HSL	hsl(228, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(228, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.4%, 63.6%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.73, 19.92, -41.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.73, 46.14, 295.57°)
OKLab	oklab(30.7% -0.0047 -0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(30.7% 0.12 267.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.7093, 2.6827, 14.2294)
Luminance	0.0268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16276B #6B5A16

analogous

#16516B #16276B #2F166B

triadic

#16276B #6B1627 #276B16

tetradic

#16276B #6B1651 #6B5A16 #166B2F

square

#16276B #6B1651 #6B5A16 #166B2F

split-complementary

#16276B #6B2F16 #516B16

monochromatic

#050919 #0C1438 #16276B #203A9E #2B4CD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.67

#16276B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#16276B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16276B

13.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16276B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16276B	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)

#00326D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003845

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16276b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 39, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.7% 0.120 267.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#626096',
    500: '#16276b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16276b;
$custom-light: #626096;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16276b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 65.891,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30697,
    "c": 0.12033,
    "h": 267.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16276B

secondary

#A18D3B

accent

#C73FE9

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06050D

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16276B

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

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