#16277B#16277B

#16277B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.3% C 0.143 H 267.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16277B
RGB	rgb(22, 39, 123)
HSL	hsl(230, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(230, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.1%, 68.3%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.25, 26.37, -49.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.25, 56.02, 298.08°)
OKLab	oklab(32.29% -0.0052 -0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(32.29% 0.143 267.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.6303, 3.0511, 19.0799)
Luminance	0.0305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16277B #7B6A16

analogous

#16597B #16277B #37167B

triadic

#16277B #7B1627 #277B16

tetradic

#16277B #7B1659 #7B6A16 #167B37

square

#16277B #7B1659 #7B6A16 #167B37

split-complementary

#16277B #7B3716 #597B16

monochromatic

#05081A #0D1747 #16277B #1F37AF #314EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.04

#16277B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.61

#16277B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16277B

13.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16277B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16277B	1.00	13.04	1.61	13.04
#FFFFFF	13.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003E4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16277b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 39, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.3% 0.143 267.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6661a2',
    500: '#16277b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16277b;
$custom-light: #6661a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16277b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.901,
    "s": 69.655,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32289,
    "c": 0.14317,
    "h": 267.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16277B

secondary

#B09D3D

accent

#CF3BEC

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#EBE9F4

border

#C6C5CE

text

#07050F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16277B

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

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