#16276D#16276D

#16276D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 30.9% C 0.123 H 267.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16276D
RGB	rgb(22, 39, 109)
HSL	hsl(228, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(228, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 64.2%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.91, 20.74, -42.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.91, 47.40, 295.95°)
OKLab	oklab(30.89% -0.0047 -0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(30.89% 0.123 267.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.8158, 2.7253, 14.7900)
Luminance	0.0273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16276D #6D5C16

analogous

#16526D #16276D #30166D

triadic

#16276D #6D1627 #276D16

tetradic

#16276D #6D1652 #6D5C16 #166D30

square

#16276D #6D1652 #6D5C16 #166D30

split-complementary

#16276D #6D3016 #526D16

monochromatic

#050919 #0C153A #16276D #2039A0 #2B4BD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.59

#16276D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#16276D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16276D

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16276D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16276D	1.00	13.59	1.55	13.59
#FFFFFF	13.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003946

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16276d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 39, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.9% 0.123 267.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#636098',
    500: '#16276d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16276d;
$custom-light: #636098;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16276d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.276,
    "s": 66.412,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3089,
    "c": 0.12326,
    "h": 267.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16276D

secondary

#A38F3C

accent

#C83EE9

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06050E

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16276D

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

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