#16287E#16287E

#16287E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 32.8% C 0.146 H 267.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16287E
RGB	rgb(22, 40, 126)
HSL	hsl(230, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(230, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 68.3%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.80, 26.87, -50.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.80, 57.13, 298.06°)
OKLab	oklab(32.79% -0.0059 -0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(32.79% 0.146 267.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.8543, 3.1940, 20.0953)
Luminance	0.0319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16287E #7E6C16

analogous

#165C7E #16287E #38167E

triadic

#16287E #7E1628 #287E16

tetradic

#16287E #7E165C #7E6C16 #167E38

square

#16287E #7E165C #7E6C16 #167E38

split-complementary

#16287E #7E3816 #5C7E16

monochromatic

#05081A #0D174A #16287E #1F39B2 #3350DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.81

#16287E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#16287E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16287E

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16287E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16287E	1.00	12.81	1.64	12.81
#FFFFFF	12.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003781

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003F4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16287e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 40, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.8% 0.146 267.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6762a4',
    500: '#16287e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16287e;
$custom-light: #6762a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16287e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.615,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32787,
    "c": 0.14609,
    "h": 267.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16287E

secondary

#B39E3D

accent

#CE3BED

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECEAF4

border

#C7C6CE

text

#07050F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16287E

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

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