#16296E#16296E

#16296E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.4% C 0.122 H 267.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16296E
RGB	rgb(22, 41, 110)
HSL	hsl(227, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(227, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 62.7%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.56, 19.71, -42.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.56, 46.58, 295.04°)
OKLab	oklab(31.41% -0.0062 -0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(31.41% 0.122 267.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.9373, 2.8818, 15.0976)
Luminance	0.0288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16296E #6E5B16

analogous

#16556E #16296E #2F166E

triadic

#16296E #6E1629 #296E16

tetradic

#16296E #6E1655 #6E5B16 #166E2F

square

#16296E #6E1655 #6E5B16 #166E2F

split-complementary

#16296E #6E2F16 #556E16

monochromatic

#050A1A #0C163B #16296E #203CA1 #2A4FD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.32

#16296E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#16296E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16296E

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16296E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16296E	1.00	13.32	1.58	13.32
#FFFFFF	13.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003470

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003B47

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16296e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 41, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.4% 0.122 267.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#636298',
    500: '#16296e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16296e;
$custom-light: #636298;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16296e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.045,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31406,
    "c": 0.12206,
    "h": 267.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16296E

secondary

#A48E3C

accent

#C53EEA

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBEAF2

border

#C6C6CC

text

#06050E

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16296E

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

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