#16294F#16294F

#16294F is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 28.7% C 0.074 H 262.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16294F
RGB	rgb(22, 41, 79)
HSL	hsl(220, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(220, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 48.1%, 0%, 69%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.09, 6.76, -25.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.09, 26.57, 284.74°)
OKLab	oklab(28.75% -0.0095 -0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(28.75% 0.074 262.7)
XYZ	xyz(2.5346, 2.3207, 7.7100)
Luminance	0.0232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16294F #4F3C16

analogous

#16464F #16294F #20164F

triadic

#16294F #4F1629 #294F16

tetradic

#16294F #4F1646 #4F3C16 #164F20

square

#16294F #4F1646 #4F3C16 #164F20

split-complementary

#16294F #4F2016 #464F16

monochromatic

#070C18 #09101F #16294F #23427F #315BAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.34

#16294F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#16294F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16294F

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16294F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16294F	1.00	14.34	1.46	14.34
#FFFFFF	14.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#172D50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E284E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003238

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16294f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 41, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.7% 0.074 262.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b6280',
    500: '#16294f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16294f;
$custom-light: #5b6280;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16294f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 56.436,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28746,
    "c": 0.07398,
    "h": 262.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16294F

secondary

#866D3A

accent

#AD48E0

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9EAEE

border

#C5C6C9

text

#04050A

muted

#79797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16294F

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

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