#16287D#16287D

#16287D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 32.7% C 0.145 H 267.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16287D
RGB	rgb(22, 40, 125)
HSL	hsl(230, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(230, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.4%, 68%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.71, 26.47, -49.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.71, 56.52, 297.93°)
OKLab	oklab(32.68% -0.0058 -0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(32.68% 0.145 267.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.7901, 3.1683, 19.7571)
Luminance	0.0317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16287D #7D6B16

analogous

#165C7D #16287D #38167D

triadic

#16287D #7D1628 #287D16

tetradic

#16287D #7D165C #7D6B16 #167D38

square

#16287D #7D165C #7D6B16 #167D38

split-complementary

#16287D #7D3816 #5C7D16

monochromatic

#05081A #0D1749 #16287D #1F39B1 #3250DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.85

#16287D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#16287D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16287D

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16287D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16287D	1.00	12.85	1.63	12.85
#FFFFFF	12.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003780

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16287d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 40, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.7% 0.145 267.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6761a4',
    500: '#16287d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16287d;
$custom-light: #6761a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16287d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.515,
    "s": 70.068,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32685,
    "c": 0.14471,
    "h": 267.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16287D

secondary

#B29D3D

accent

#CE3BED

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#EBEAF4

border

#C6C6CE

text

#07050F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16287D

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

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