#16308A#16308A

#16308A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.153 H 266.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16308A
RGB	rgb(22, 48, 138)
HSL	hsl(227, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(227, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.1%, 65.2%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.06, 26.12, -52.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.06, 58.74, 296.41°)
OKLab	oklab(35.54% -0.0107 -0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(35.54% 0.153 266)
XYZ	xyz(5.9737, 4.1187, 24.5200)
Luminance	0.0412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16308A #8A7016

analogous

#166A8A #16308A #36168A

triadic

#16308A #8A1630 #308A16

tetradic

#16308A #8A166A #8A7016 #168A36

square

#16308A #8A166A #8A7016 #168A36

split-complementary

#16308A #8A3616 #6A8A16

monochromatic

#050B20 #0E1E55 #16308A #1E42BF #3B60E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.51

#16308A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#16308A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16308A

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16308A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16308A	1.00	11.51	1.82	11.51
#FFFFFF	11.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003488

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004858

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16308a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 48, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.153 266.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a68ad',
    500: '#16308a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16308a;
$custom-light: #6a68ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16308a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.552,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35536,
    "c": 0.15269,
    "h": 266
  },
  "luminance": 0.04119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16308A

secondary

#BEA13E

accent

#C639EF

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECEBF4

border

#C7C6CE

text

#080610

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16308A

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

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