#16278F#16278F

#16278F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.170 H 267.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16278F
RGB	rgb(22, 39, 143)
HSL	hsl(232, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(232, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.6%, 72.7%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.32, 34.07, -58.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.32, 67.77, 300.18°)
OKLab	oklab(34.42% -0.0068 -0.1698)
OKLCH	oklch(34.42% 0.17 267.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.0126, 3.6041, 26.3600)
Luminance	0.0360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16278F #8F7E16

analogous

#16648F #16278F #41168F

triadic

#16278F #8F1627 #278F16

tetradic

#16278F #8F1664 #8F7E16 #168F41

square

#16278F #8F1664 #8F7E16 #168F41

split-complementary

#16278F #8F4116 #648F16

monochromatic

#060A25 #0E195A #16278F #1E35C4 #3E55E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.20

#16278F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#16278F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16278F

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16278F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16278F	1.00	12.20	1.72	12.20
#FFFFFF	12.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004558

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16278f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 39, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.170 267.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c61b1',
    500: '#16278f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16278f;
$custom-light: #6c61b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16278f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.57,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34415,
    "c": 0.16994,
    "h": 267.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16278F

secondary

#C1AF3F

accent

#D638F0

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EDEAF6

border

#C8C6D0

text

#080511

muted

#7B7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #16278F

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

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