#16285E#16285E

#16285E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 29.7% C 0.099 H 266.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16285E
RGB	rgb(22, 40, 94)
HSL	hsl(225, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(225, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 57.4%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.90, 13.79, -34.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.90, 37.09, 291.82°)
OKLab	oklab(29.73% -0.0062 -0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(29.73% 0.099 266.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.1093, 2.4960, 10.9054)
Luminance	0.0250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16285E #5E4C16

analogous

#164C5E #16285E #28165E

triadic

#16285E #5E1628 #285E16

tetradic

#16285E #5E164C #5E4C16 #165E28

square

#16285E #5E164C #5E4C16 #165E28

split-complementary

#16285E #5E2816 #4C5E16

monochromatic

#060B19 #0A132C #16285E #223D90 #2D52C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.01

#16285E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#16285E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16285E

14.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16285E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16285E	1.00	14.01	1.50	14.01
#FFFFFF	14.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#022F60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00295D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00353E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16285e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 40, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.7% 0.099 266.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e618c',
    500: '#16285e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16285e;
$custom-light: #5e618c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16285e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29728,
    "c": 0.09928,
    "h": 266.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16285E

secondary

#957E3B

accent

#BD43E5

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#EAE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#05050C

muted

#79797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #16285E

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

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