#16298D#16298D

#16298D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.165 H 267.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16298D
RGB	rgb(22, 41, 141)
HSL	hsl(230, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(230, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 70.9%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.58, 32.02, -56.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.58, 65.30, 299.36°)
OKLab	oklab(34.54% -0.0074 -0.1649)
OKLCH	oklch(34.54% 0.165 267.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.9299, 3.6788, 25.5917)
Luminance	0.0368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16298D #8D7A16

analogous

#16658D #16298D #3F168D

triadic

#16298D #8D1629 #298D16

tetradic

#16298D #8D1665 #8D7A16 #168D3F

square

#16298D #8D1665 #8D7A16 #168D3F

split-complementary

#16298D #8D3F16 #658D16

monochromatic

#050A23 #0E1A58 #16298D #1E38C2 #3D57E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.10

#16298D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#16298D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16298D

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16298D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16298D	1.00	12.10	1.74	12.10
#FFFFFF	12.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00308B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004557

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16298d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 41, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.165 267.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b63af',
    500: '#16298d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16298d;
$custom-light: #6b63af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16298d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.42,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34542,
    "c": 0.16509,
    "h": 267.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16298D

secondary

#C1AC3E

accent

#D238F0

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDEAF5

border

#C8C6CF

text

#080511

muted

#7B7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #16298D

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

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