#16276E#16276E

#16276E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.0% C 0.125 H 267.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16276E
RGB	rgb(22, 39, 110)
HSL	hsl(228, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(228, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 64.5%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.00, 21.15, -43.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.00, 48.03, 296.12°)
OKLab	oklab(30.99% -0.0047 -0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(30.99% 0.125 267.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.8699, 2.7470, 15.0751)
Luminance	0.0275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16276E #6E5D16

analogous

#16536E #16276E #31166E

triadic

#16276E #6E1627 #276E16

tetradic

#16276E #6E1653 #6E5D16 #166E31

square

#16276E #6E1653 #6E5D16 #166E31

split-complementary

#16276E #6E3116 #536E16

monochromatic

#05091A #0C153B #16276E #2039A1 #2A4BD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.55

#16276E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#16276E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16276E

13.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16276E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16276E	1.00	13.55	1.55	13.55
#FFFFFF	13.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003270

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003946

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16276e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 39, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.0% 0.125 267.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16276e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.409,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30987,
    "c": 0.12472,
    "h": 267.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16276E

secondary

#A4903C

accent

#C83EEA

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06050E

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16276E

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

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