#16296A#16296A

#16296A is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.0% C 0.116 H 266.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16296A
RGB	rgb(22, 41, 106)
HSL	hsl(226, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(226, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 61.3%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.21, 18.06, -40.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.21, 44.05, 294.20°)
OKLab	oklab(31.03% -0.0063 -0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(31.03% 0.116 266.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.7244, 2.7966, 13.9764)
Luminance	0.0280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16296A #6A5716

analogous

#16536A #16296A #2D166A

triadic

#16296A #6A1629 #296A16

tetradic

#16296A #6A1653 #6A5716 #166A2D

square

#16296A #6A1653 #6A5716 #166A2D

split-complementary

#16296A #6A2D16 #536A16

monochromatic

#050A19 #0B1537 #16296A #213D9D #2B50CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.47

#16296A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#16296A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16296A

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16296A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16296A	1.00	13.47	1.56	13.47
#FFFFFF	13.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003945

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16296a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 41, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.0% 0.116 266.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#626295',
    500: '#16296a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16296a;
$custom-light: #626295;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16296a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.429,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31031,
    "c": 0.11615,
    "h": 266.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16296A

secondary

#A08A3B

accent

#C23FE9

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBEAF2

border

#C6C6CC

text

#06050D

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16296A

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

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