#16287C#16287C

#16287C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 32.6% C 0.143 H 267.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16287C
RGB	rgb(22, 40, 124)
HSL	hsl(229, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(229, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.3%, 67.7%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.61, 26.08, -49.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.61, 55.92, 297.80°)
OKLab	oklab(32.58% -0.0058 -0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(32.58% 0.143 267.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.7265, 3.1428, 19.4224)
Luminance	0.0314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16287C #7C6A16

analogous

#165B7C #16287C #37167C

triadic

#16287C #7C1628 #287C16

tetradic

#16287C #7C165B #7C6A16 #167C37

square

#16287C #7C165B #7C6A16 #167C37

split-complementary

#16287C #7C3716 #5B7C16

monochromatic

#05081A #0D1748 #16287C #1F39B0 #3250DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.89

#16287C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#16287C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16287C

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16287C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16287C	1.00	12.89	1.63	12.89
#FFFFFF	12.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00377F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003E4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16287c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 40, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.6% 0.143 267.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6761a3',
    500: '#16287c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16287c;
$custom-light: #6761a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16287c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.412,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32582,
    "c": 0.14333,
    "h": 267.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16287C

secondary

#B19D3D

accent

#CD3BED

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#EBEAF4

border

#C6C6CE

text

#07050F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16287C

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

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