#16307E#16307E

#16307E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.136 H 265.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16307E
RGB	rgb(22, 48, 126)
HSL	hsl(225, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(225, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 61.9%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.97, 21.28, -46.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.97, 51.48, 294.41°)
OKLab	oklab(34.39% -0.0107 -0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(34.39% 0.136 265.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.1524, 3.7902, 20.1947)
Luminance	0.0379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16307E #7E6416

analogous

#16647E #16307E #30167E

triadic

#16307E #7E1630 #307E16

tetradic

#16307E #7E1664 #7E6416 #167E30

square

#16307E #7E1664 #7E6416 #167E30

split-complementary

#16307E #7E3016 #647E16

monochromatic

#050A1A #0D1C4A #16307E #1F44B2 #335DDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.94

#16307E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#16307E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16307E

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16307E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16307E	1.00	11.94	1.76	11.94
#FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00327D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004452

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16307e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 48, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.136 265.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6667a4',
    500: '#16307e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16307e;
$custom-light: #6667a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16307e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34385,
    "c": 0.13594,
    "h": 265.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16307E

secondary

#B3953D

accent

#C03BED

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#EBEBF4

border

#C6C6CE

text

#07060F

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16307E

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

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