#16294E#16294E

#16294E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 28.7% C 0.072 H 262.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16294E
RGB	rgb(22, 41, 78)
HSL	hsl(220, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(220, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 47.4%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.02, 6.34, -25.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.02, 25.92, 284.17°)
OKLab	oklab(28.67% -0.0097 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(28.67% 0.072 262.3)
XYZ	xyz(2.4985, 2.3063, 7.5197)
Luminance	0.0231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16294E #4E3B16

analogous

#16454E #16294E #1F164E

triadic

#16294E #4E1629 #294E16

tetradic

#16294E #4E1645 #4E3B16 #164E1F

square

#16294E #4E1645 #4E3B16 #164E1F

split-complementary

#16294E #4E1F16 #454E16

monochromatic

#070D18 #09101E #16294E #23427E #315BAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.37

#16294E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#16294E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16294E

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16294E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16294E	1.00	14.37	1.46	14.37
#FFFFFF	14.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#182D4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F284D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003137

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16294e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 41, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.7% 0.072 262.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a6280',
    500: '#16294e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16294e;
$custom-light: #5a6280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16294e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.643,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28671,
    "c": 0.07236,
    "h": 262.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16294E

secondary

#856C3A

accent

#AC49DF

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9EAEE

border

#C5C6C9

text

#04050A

muted

#79797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16294E

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

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