#16286D#16286D

#16286D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.1% C 0.122 H 267.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16286D
RGB	rgb(22, 40, 109)
HSL	hsl(228, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(228, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 63.3%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.19, 20.02, -42.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.19, 46.67, 295.40°)
OKLab	oklab(31.1% -0.0055 -0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(31.1% 0.122 267.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.8490, 2.7919, 14.8011)
Luminance	0.0279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16286D #6D5B16

analogous

#16536D #16286D #2F166D

triadic

#16286D #6D1628 #286D16

tetradic

#16286D #6D1653 #6D5B16 #166D2F

square

#16286D #6D1653 #6D5B16 #166D2F

split-complementary

#16286D #6D2F16 #536D16

monochromatic

#050919 #0C153A #16286D #203BA0 #2B4DD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.48

#16286D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#16286D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16286D

13.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16286D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16286D	1.00	13.48	1.56	13.48
#FFFFFF	13.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003A46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16286d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 40, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.1% 0.122 267.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#626198',
    500: '#16286d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16286d;
$custom-light: #626198;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16286d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.586,
    "s": 66.412,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31099,
    "c": 0.12193,
    "h": 267.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16286D

secondary

#A38E3C

accent

#C63EE9

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06050E

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16286D

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

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