#16287B#16287B

#16287B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.5% C 0.142 H 267.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16287B
RGB	rgb(22, 40, 123)
HSL	hsl(229, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(229, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.1%, 67.5%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.51, 25.68, -48.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.51, 55.32, 297.66°)
OKLab	oklab(32.48% -0.0057 -0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(32.48% 0.142 267.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.6636, 3.1177, 19.0910)
Luminance	0.0312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16287B #7B6916

analogous

#165A7B #16287B #36167B

triadic

#16287B #7B1628 #287B16

tetradic

#16287B #7B165A #7B6916 #167B36

square

#16287B #7B165A #7B6916 #167B36

split-complementary

#16287B #7B3616 #5A7B16

monochromatic

#05081A #0D1747 #16287B #1F39AF #314FDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.93

#16287B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#16287B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16287B

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16287B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16287B	1.00	12.93	1.62	12.93
#FFFFFF	12.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00367E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003E4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16287b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 40, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.5% 0.142 267.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6661a2',
    500: '#16287b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16287b;
$custom-light: #6661a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16287b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.307,
    "s": 69.655,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3248,
    "c": 0.14194,
    "h": 267.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16287B

secondary

#B09C3D

accent

#CD3BEC

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#EBEAF4

border

#C6C6CE

text

#07050F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16287B

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

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