#16296C#16296C

#16296C is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.2% C 0.119 H 267.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16296C
RGB	rgb(22, 41, 108)
HSL	hsl(227, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(227, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.6%, 62%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.39, 18.89, -41.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.39, 45.32, 294.63°)
OKLab	oklab(31.22% -0.0062 -0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(31.22% 0.119 267)
XYZ	xyz(3.8296, 2.8387, 14.5305)
Luminance	0.0284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16296C #6C5916

analogous

#16546C #16296C #2E166C

triadic

#16296C #6C1629 #296C16

tetradic

#16296C #6C1654 #6C5916 #166C2E

square

#16296C #6C1654 #6C5916 #166C2E

split-complementary

#16296C #6C2E16 #546C16

monochromatic

#050A19 #0C1639 #16296C #203C9F #2B50D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.39

#16296C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#16296C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16296C

13.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16296C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16296C	1.00	13.39	1.57	13.39
#FFFFFF	13.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003A46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16296c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 41, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.2% 0.119 267.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#626297',
    500: '#16296c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16296c;
$custom-light: #626297;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16296c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.744,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31217,
    "c": 0.11911,
    "h": 267
  },
  "luminance": 0.02839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16296C

secondary

#A28C3C

accent

#C33FE9

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBEAF2

border

#C6C6CC

text

#06050D

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16296C

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →