#16298E#16298E

#16298E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.166 H 267.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16298E
RGB	rgb(22, 41, 142)
HSL	hsl(231, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(231, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 71.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.68, 32.40, -57.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.68, 65.88, 299.46°)
OKLab	oklab(34.65% -0.0075 -0.1662)
OKLCH	oklch(34.65% 0.166 267.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.0046, 3.7087, 25.9853)
Luminance	0.0371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16298E #8E7B16

analogous

#16658E #16298E #3F168E

triadic

#16298E #8E1629 #298E16

tetradic

#16298E #8E1665 #8E7B16 #168E3F

square

#16298E #8E1665 #8E7B16 #168E3F

split-complementary

#16298E #8E3F16 #658E16

monochromatic

#060A24 #0E1A59 #16298E #1E38C3 #3D57E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.06

#16298E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#16298E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16298E

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16298E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16298E	1.00	12.06	1.74	12.06
#FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00308C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004558

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16298e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 41, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.166 267.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c63b0',
    500: '#16298e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16298e;
$custom-light: #6c63b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16298e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34649,
    "c": 0.1664,
    "h": 267.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16298E

secondary

#C1AC3F

accent

#D338F0

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EDEAF6

border

#C8C6D0

text

#080511

muted

#7B7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #16298E

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

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