#16288F#16288F

#16288F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.169 H 267.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16288F
RGB	rgb(22, 40, 143)
HSL	hsl(231, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(231, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.6%, 72%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.55, 33.42, -58.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.55, 67.11, 299.87°)
OKLab	oklab(34.59% -0.0072 -0.1687)
OKLCH	oklch(34.59% 0.169 267.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.0459, 3.6706, 26.3711)
Luminance	0.0367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16288F #8F7D16

analogous

#16658F #16288F #40168F

triadic

#16288F #8F1628 #288F16

tetradic

#16288F #8F1665 #8F7D16 #168F40

square

#16288F #8F1665 #8F7D16 #168F40

split-complementary

#16288F #8F4016 #658F16

monochromatic

#060A25 #0E195A #16288F #1E37C4 #3E56E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.11

#16288F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#16288F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16288F

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16288F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16288F	1.00	12.11	1.73	12.11
#FFFFFF	12.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00308D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004558

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16288f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 40, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.169 267.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c62b1',
    500: '#16288f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16288f;
$custom-light: #6c62b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16288f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.074,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34585,
    "c": 0.16883,
    "h": 267.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16288F

secondary

#C1AE3F

accent

#D538F0

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EDEAF6

border

#C8C6D0

text

#080511

muted

#7B7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #16288F

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

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