#16308D#16308D

#16308D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.157 H 266.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16308D
RGB	rgb(22, 48, 141)
HSL	hsl(227, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(227, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 66%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.34, 27.31, -54.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.34, 60.52, 296.83°)
OKLab	oklab(35.83% -0.0107 -0.1564)
OKLCH	oklch(35.83% 0.157 266.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.1939, 4.2068, 25.6797)
Luminance	0.0421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16308D #8D7316

analogous

#166C8D #16308D #38168D

triadic

#16308D #8D1630 #308D16

tetradic

#16308D #8D166C #8D7316 #168D38

square

#16308D #8D166C #8D7316 #168D38

split-complementary

#16308D #8D3816 #6C8D16

monochromatic

#050C23 #0E1E58 #16308D #1E42C2 #3D61E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.40

#16308D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#16308D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16308D

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16308D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16308D	1.00	11.40	1.84	11.40
#FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004090

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00348B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00495A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16308d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 48, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.157 266.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b68af',
    500: '#16308d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16308d;
$custom-light: #6b68af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16308d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.891,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35832,
    "c": 0.15678,
    "h": 266.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16308D

secondary

#C1A43E

accent

#C838F0

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF5

border

#C8C6CF

text

#080610

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16308D

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

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