#16286C#16286C

#16286C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.0% C 0.120 H 267.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16286C
RGB	rgb(22, 40, 108)
HSL	hsl(227, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(227, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.6%, 63%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.10, 19.61, -41.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.10, 46.05, 295.21°)
OKLab	oklab(31% -0.0055 -0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(31% 0.12 267.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.7955, 2.7704, 14.5192)
Luminance	0.0277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16286C #6C5A16

analogous

#16536C #16286C #2F166C

triadic

#16286C #6C1628 #286C16

tetradic

#16286C #6C1653 #6C5A16 #166C2F

square

#16286C #6C1653 #6C5A16 #166C2F

split-complementary

#16286C #6C2F16 #536C16

monochromatic

#050919 #0C1539 #16286C #203B9F #2B4ED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.51

#16286C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#16286C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16286C

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16286C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16286C	1.00	13.51	1.55	13.51
#FFFFFF	13.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00326E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003945

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16286c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 40, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.0% 0.120 267.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#626197',
    500: '#16286c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16286c;
$custom-light: #626197;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16286c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.442,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31004,
    "c": 0.12046,
    "h": 267.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16286C

secondary

#A28D3C

accent

#C53FE9

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06050D

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16286C

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

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