#16277F#16277F

#16277F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.149 H 267.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16277F
RGB	rgb(22, 39, 127)
HSL	hsl(230, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(230, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 69.3%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.65, 27.95, -51.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.65, 58.42, 298.58°)
OKLab	oklab(32.7% -0.0054 -0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(32.7% 0.149 267.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.8858, 3.1533, 20.4257)
Luminance	0.0315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16277F #7F6E16

analogous

#165C7F #16277F #3A167F

triadic

#16277F #7F1627 #277F16

tetradic

#16277F #7F165C #7F6E16 #167F3A

square

#16277F #7F165C #7F6E16 #167F3A

split-complementary

#16277F #7F3A16 #5C7F16

monochromatic

#05081A #0D174B #16277F #1F37B3 #344FDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.88

#16277F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#16277F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16277F

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16277F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16277F	1.00	12.88	1.63	12.88
#FFFFFF	12.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003782

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003F4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16277f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 39, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.149 267.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6861a5',
    500: '#16277f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16277f;
$custom-light: #6861a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16277f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.286,
    "s": 70.47,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32703,
    "c": 0.14868,
    "h": 267.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16277F

secondary

#B4A13D

accent

#D03BED

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECE9F4

border

#C7C5CE

text

#07050F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16277F

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

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