#16276C#16276C

#16276C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.8% C 0.122 H 267.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16276C
RGB	rgb(22, 39, 108)
HSL	hsl(228, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(228, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.6%, 63.9%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.82, 20.33, -42.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.82, 46.77, 295.76°)
OKLab	oklab(30.79% -0.0047 -0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(30.79% 0.122 267.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.7622, 2.7039, 14.5081)
Luminance	0.0270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16276C #6C5B16

analogous

#16526C #16276C #30166C

triadic

#16276C #6C1627 #276C16

tetradic

#16276C #6C1652 #6C5B16 #166C30

square

#16276C #6C1652 #6C5B16 #166C30

split-complementary

#16276C #6C3016 #526C16

monochromatic

#050919 #0C1539 #16276C #20399F #2B4CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.63

#16276C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#16276C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16276C

13.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16276C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16276C	1.00	13.63	1.54	13.63
#FFFFFF	13.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003945

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16276c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 39, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.8% 0.122 267.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#626097',
    500: '#16276c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16276c;
$custom-light: #626097;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16276c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.14,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30793,
    "c": 0.1218,
    "h": 267.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16276C

secondary

#A28E3C

accent

#C73FE9

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06050D

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16276C

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

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