#16297D#16297D

#16297D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 32.9% C 0.143 H 267.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16297D
RGB	rgb(22, 41, 125)
HSL	hsl(229, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(229, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.4%, 67.2%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.97, 25.78, -49.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.97, 55.82, 297.51°)
OKLab	oklab(32.88% -0.0064 -0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(32.88% 0.143 267.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.8242, 3.2366, 19.7685)
Luminance	0.0324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16297D #7D6A16

analogous

#165D7D #16297D #37167D

triadic

#16297D #7D1629 #297D16

tetradic

#16297D #7D165D #7D6A16 #167D37

square

#16297D #7D165D #7D6A16 #167D37

split-complementary

#16297D #7D3716 #5D7D16

monochromatic

#05091A #0D1849 #16297D #1F3AB1 #3252DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.75

#16297D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#16297D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16297D

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16297D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16297D	1.00	12.75	1.65	12.75
#FFFFFF	12.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003780

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003F4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16297d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 41, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.9% 0.143 267.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6762a4',
    500: '#16297d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16297d;
$custom-light: #6762a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16297d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.932,
    "s": 70.068,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32877,
    "c": 0.14347,
    "h": 267.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16297D

secondary

#B29C3D

accent

#CC3BED

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#EBEAF4

border

#C6C6CE

text

#07050F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16297D

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

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