#16277D#16277D

#16277D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.5% C 0.146 H 267.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16277D
RGB	rgb(22, 39, 125)
HSL	hsl(230, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(230, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.4%, 68.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.45, 27.16, -50.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.45, 57.22, 298.34°)
OKLab	oklab(32.5% -0.0053 -0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(32.5% 0.146 267.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.7568, 3.1017, 19.7461)
Luminance	0.0310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16277D #7D6C16

analogous

#165B7D #16277D #39167D

triadic

#16277D #7D1627 #277D16

tetradic

#16277D #7D165B #7D6C16 #167D39

square

#16277D #7D165B #7D6C16 #167D39

split-complementary

#16277D #7D3916 #5B7D16

monochromatic

#05081A #0D1749 #16277D #1F37B1 #324EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.96

#16277D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#16277D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16277D

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16277D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16277D	1.00	12.96	1.62	12.96
#FFFFFF	12.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003680

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003E4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16277d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 39, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.5% 0.146 267.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6761a4',
    500: '#16277d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16277d;
$custom-light: #6761a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16277d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.097,
    "s": 70.068,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32495,
    "c": 0.14594,
    "h": 267.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16277D

secondary

#B29F3D

accent

#CF3BED

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#EBE9F4

border

#C6C5CE

text

#07050F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16277D

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

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