#16277E#16277E

#16277E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.6% C 0.147 H 267.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16277E
RGB	rgb(22, 39, 126)
HSL	hsl(230, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(230, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 69%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.55, 27.55, -50.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.55, 57.82, 298.46°)
OKLab	oklab(32.6% -0.0053 -0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(32.6% 0.147 267.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.8210, 3.1274, 20.0842)
Luminance	0.0313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16277E #7E6D16

analogous

#165B7E #16277E #39167E

triadic

#16277E #7E1627 #277E16

tetradic

#16277E #7E165B #7E6D16 #167E39

square

#16277E #7E165B #7E6D16 #167E39

split-complementary

#16277E #7E3916 #5B7E16

monochromatic

#05081A #0D174A #16277E #1F37B2 #334FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.92

#16277E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#16277E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16277E

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16277E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16277E	1.00	12.92	1.63	12.92
#FFFFFF	12.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003781

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003F4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16277e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 39, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.6% 0.147 267.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16277e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.192,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32599,
    "c": 0.14731,
    "h": 267.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16277E

secondary

#B3A03D

accent

#D03BED

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECE9F4

border

#C7C5CE

text

#07050F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16277E

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

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