#16286E#16286E

#16286E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.2% C 0.123 H 267.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16286E
RGB	rgb(22, 40, 110)
HSL	hsl(228, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(228, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 63.6%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.28, 20.43, -42.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.28, 47.30, 295.59°)
OKLab	oklab(31.2% -0.0054 -0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(31.2% 0.123 267.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.9032, 2.8135, 15.0862)
Luminance	0.0281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16286E #6E5C16

analogous

#16546E #16286E #30166E

triadic

#16286E #6E1628 #286E16

tetradic

#16286E #6E1654 #6E5C16 #166E30

square

#16286E #6E1654 #6E5C16 #166E30

split-complementary

#16286E #6E3016 #546E16

monochromatic

#05091A #0C153B #16286E #203BA1 #2A4DD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.44

#16286E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#16286E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16286E

13.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16286E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16286E	1.00	13.44	1.56	13.44
#FFFFFF	13.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003370

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003A46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16286e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 40, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.2% 0.123 267.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#636198',
    500: '#16286e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16286e;
$custom-light: #636198;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16286e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.727,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31195,
    "c": 0.12339,
    "h": 267.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16286E

secondary

#A48F3C

accent

#C73EEA

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06050E

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16286E

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

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