#16287F#16287F

#16287F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 32.9% C 0.147 H 267.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16287F
RGB	rgb(22, 40, 127)
HSL	hsl(230, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(230, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 68.5%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.90, 27.26, -50.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.90, 57.73, 298.18°)
OKLab	oklab(32.89% -0.006 -0.1473)
OKLCH	oklch(32.89% 0.147 267.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.9191, 3.2199, 20.4368)
Luminance	0.0322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16287F #7F6D16

analogous

#165D7F #16287F #39167F

triadic

#16287F #7F1628 #287F16

tetradic

#16287F #7F165D #7F6D16 #167F39

square

#16287F #7F165D #7F6D16 #167F39

split-complementary

#16287F #7F3916 #5D7F16

monochromatic

#05081A #0D184B #16287F #1F38B3 #3450DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.77

#16287F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#16287F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16287F

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16287F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16287F	1.00	12.77	1.64	12.77
#FFFFFF	12.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003782

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003F50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16287f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 40, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.9% 0.147 267.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6862a5',
    500: '#16287f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16287f;
$custom-light: #6862a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16287f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.714,
    "s": 70.47,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3289,
    "c": 0.14746,
    "h": 267.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16287F

secondary

#B49F3D

accent

#CF3BED

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECEAF4

border

#C7C6CE

text

#07050F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16287F

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

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