#16277C#16277C

#16277C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.145 H 267.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16277C
RGB	rgb(22, 39, 124)
HSL	hsl(230, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(230, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.3%, 68.5%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.35, 26.77, -49.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.35, 56.62, 298.21°)
OKLab	oklab(32.39% -0.0052 -0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(32.39% 0.145 267.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.6932, 3.0763, 19.4113)
Luminance	0.0308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16277C #7C6B16

analogous

#165A7C #16277C #38167C

triadic

#16277C #7C1627 #277C16

tetradic

#16277C #7C165A #7C6B16 #167C38

square

#16277C #7C165A #7C6B16 #167C38

split-complementary

#16277C #7C3816 #5A7C16

monochromatic

#05081A #0D1748 #16277C #1F37B0 #324EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.00

#16277C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#16277C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16277C

13.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16277C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16277C	1.00	13.00	1.62	13.00
#FFFFFF	13.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003E4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16277c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 39, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.145 267.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6761a3',
    500: '#16277c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16277c;
$custom-light: #6761a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16277c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32392,
    "c": 0.14455,
    "h": 267.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16277C

secondary

#B19E3D

accent

#CF3BED

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#EBE9F4

border

#C6C5CE

text

#07050F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16277C

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

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