#16297F#16297F

#16297F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.146 H 267.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16297F
RGB	rgb(22, 41, 127)
HSL	hsl(229, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(229, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 67.7%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.16, 26.58, -50.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.16, 57.03, 297.77°)
OKLab	oklab(33.08% -0.0065 -0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(33.08% 0.146 267.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.9532, 3.2882, 20.4482)
Luminance	0.0329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16297F #7F6C16

analogous

#165E7F #16297F #38167F

triadic

#16297F #7F1629 #297F16

tetradic

#16297F #7F165E #7F6C16 #167F38

square

#16297F #7F165E #7F6C16 #167F38

split-complementary

#16297F #7F3816 #5E7F16

monochromatic

#05081A #0D184B #16297F #1F3AB3 #3452DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.67

#16297F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#16297F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16297F

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16297F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16297F	1.00	12.67	1.66	12.67
#FFFFFF	12.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003882

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004050

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16297f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 41, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.146 267.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6762a5',
    500: '#16297f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16297f;
$custom-light: #6762a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16297f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.143,
    "s": 70.47,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3308,
    "c": 0.14623,
    "h": 267.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16297F

secondary

#B49E3D

accent

#CD3BED

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECEAF4

border

#C7C6CE

text

#07050F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16297F

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

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