#16297E#16297E

#16297E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.0% C 0.145 H 267.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16297E
RGB	rgb(22, 41, 126)
HSL	hsl(229, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(229, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 67.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.06, 26.18, -49.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.06, 56.43, 297.64°)
OKLab	oklab(32.98% -0.0064 -0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(32.98% 0.145 267.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.8884, 3.2622, 20.1067)
Luminance	0.0326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16297E #7E6B16

analogous

#165D7E #16297E #37167E

triadic

#16297E #7E1629 #297E16

tetradic

#16297E #7E165D #7E6B16 #167E37

square

#16297E #7E165D #7E6B16 #167E37

split-complementary

#16297E #7E3716 #5D7E16

monochromatic

#05081A #0D184A #16297E #1F3AB2 #3352DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.71

#16297E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#16297E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16297E

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16297E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16297E	1.00	12.71	1.65	12.71
#FFFFFF	12.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003881

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00404F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16297e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 41, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.0% 0.145 267.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16297e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.038,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32978,
    "c": 0.14485,
    "h": 267.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16297E

secondary

#B39D3D

accent

#CC3BED

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#EBEAF4

border

#C6C6CE

text

#07050F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16297E

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

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