#16308E#16308E

#16308E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.158 H 266.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16308E
RGB	rgb(22, 48, 142)
HSL	hsl(227, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(227, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 66.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.44, 27.71, -54.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.44, 61.12, 296.96°)
OKLab	oklab(35.93% -0.0108 -0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(35.93% 0.158 266.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.2686, 4.2367, 26.0733)
Luminance	0.0424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16308E #8E7416

analogous

#166C8E #16308E #38168E

triadic

#16308E #8E1630 #308E16

tetradic

#16308E #8E166C #8E7416 #168E38

square

#16308E #8E166C #8E7416 #168E38

split-complementary

#16308E #8E3816 #6C8E16

monochromatic

#060C24 #0E1E59 #16308E #1E42C3 #3D61E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.37

#16308E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#16308E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16308E

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16308E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16308E	1.00	11.37	1.85	11.37
#FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00348C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00495A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16308e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 48, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.158 266.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b68b0',
    500: '#16308e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16308e;
$custom-light: #6b68b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16308e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35932,
    "c": 0.15814,
    "h": 266.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16308E

secondary

#C1A53F

accent

#C838F0

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF5

border

#C8C6CF

text

#080611

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #16308E

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

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