#16288D#16288D

#16288D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.166 H 267.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16288D
RGB	rgb(22, 40, 141)
HSL	hsl(231, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(231, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 71.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.34, 32.67, -57.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.34, 65.96, 299.69°)
OKLab	oklab(34.37% -0.007 -0.1661)
OKLCH	oklch(34.37% 0.166 267.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.8957, 3.6105, 25.5803)
Luminance	0.0361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16288D #8D7B16

analogous

#16648D #16288D #3F168D

triadic

#16288D #8D1628 #288D16

tetradic

#16288D #8D1664 #8D7B16 #168D3F

square

#16288D #8D1664 #8D7B16 #168D3F

split-complementary

#16288D #8D3F16 #648D16

monochromatic

#050A23 #0E1958 #16288D #1E37C2 #3D56E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.19

#16288D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#16288D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16288D

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16288D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16288D	1.00	12.19	1.72	12.19
#FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00308B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004457

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16288d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 40, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.166 267.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c62af',
    500: '#16288d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16288d;
$custom-light: #6c62af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16288d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.924,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34368,
    "c": 0.16623,
    "h": 267.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16288D

secondary

#C1AD3E

accent

#D438F0

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDEAF5

border

#C8C6CF

text

#080511

muted

#7B7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #16288D

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

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