#16296D#16296D

#16296D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.3% C 0.121 H 267.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16296D
RGB	rgb(22, 41, 109)
HSL	hsl(227, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(227, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 62.4%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.47, 19.30, -41.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.47, 45.95, 294.84°)
OKLab	oklab(31.31% -0.0062 -0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(31.31% 0.121 267.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.8832, 2.8601, 14.8124)
Luminance	0.0286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16296D #6D5A16

analogous

#16546D #16296D #2F166D

triadic

#16296D #6D1629 #296D16

tetradic

#16296D #6D1654 #6D5A16 #166D2F

square

#16296D #6D1654 #6D5A16 #166D2F

split-complementary

#16296D #6D2F16 #546D16

monochromatic

#050A19 #0C163A #16296D #203CA0 #2B4FD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.36

#16296D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#16296D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16296D

13.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16296D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16296D	1.00	13.36	1.57	13.36
#FFFFFF	13.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00336F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003A46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16296d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 41, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.3% 0.121 267.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16296d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.897,
    "s": 66.412,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31311,
    "c": 0.12059,
    "h": 267.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16296D

secondary

#A38D3C

accent

#C43EE9

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBEAF2

border

#C6C6CC

text

#06050E

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16296D

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

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