#16277A#16277A

#16277A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.2% C 0.142 H 267.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16277A
RGB	rgb(22, 39, 122)
HSL	hsl(230, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(230, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82%, 68%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.15, 25.98, -48.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.15, 55.41, 297.95°)
OKLab	oklab(32.19% -0.0051 -0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(32.19% 0.142 267.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.5680, 3.0262, 18.7519)
Luminance	0.0303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16277A #7A6916

analogous

#16597A #16277A #37167A

triadic

#16277A #7A1627 #277A16

tetradic

#16277A #7A1659 #7A6916 #167A37

square

#16277A #7A1659 #7A6916 #167A37

split-complementary

#16277A #7A3716 #597A16

monochromatic

#05081A #0D1646 #16277A #1F38AE #314DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.08

#16277A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#16277A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16277A

13.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16277A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16277A	1.00	13.08	1.61	13.08
#FFFFFF	13.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003D4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16277a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 39, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.2% 0.142 267.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6661a1',
    500: '#16277a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16277a;
$custom-light: #6661a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16277a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.8,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32186,
    "c": 0.14179,
    "h": 267.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16277A

secondary

#AF9C3D

accent

#CE3CEC

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#EBE9F3

border

#C6C5CD

text

#07050F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16277A

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

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