#16295E#16295E

#16295E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.0% C 0.098 H 265.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16295E
RGB	rgb(22, 41, 94)
HSL	hsl(224, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(224, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 56.4%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.21, 13.05, -33.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.21, 36.36, 291.04°)
OKLab	oklab(29.96% -0.0071 -0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(29.96% 0.098 265.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.1435, 2.5643, 10.9168)
Luminance	0.0256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16295E #5E4B16

analogous

#164D5E #16295E #27165E

triadic

#16295E #5E1629 #295E16

tetradic

#16295E #5E164D #5E4B16 #165E27

square

#16295E #5E164D #5E4B16 #165E27

split-complementary

#16295E #5E2716 #4D5E16

monochromatic

#060B19 #0A132C #16295E #223F90 #2D54C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.88

#16295E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#16295E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16295E

13.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16295E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16295E	1.00	13.88	1.51	13.88
#FFFFFF	13.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#053060

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00295D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00363F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16295e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 41, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.0% 0.098 265.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e628c',
    500: '#16295e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16295e;
$custom-light: #5e628c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16295e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.167,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29959,
    "c": 0.09787,
    "h": 265.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16295E

secondary

#957D3B

accent

#BA43E5

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#EAEAF0

border

#C6C6CB

text

#05050C

muted

#79797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #16295E

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

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