#16309E#16309E

#16309E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.179 H 266.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16309E
RGB	rgb(22, 48, 158)
HSL	hsl(229, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(229, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 69.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.02, 33.90, -61.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.02, 70.41, 298.78°)
OKLab	oklab(37.57% -0.0115 -0.1789)
OKLCH	oklch(37.57% 0.179 266.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.5572, 4.7522, 32.8601)
Luminance	0.0475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16309E #9E8416

analogous

#16749E #16309E #40169E

triadic

#16309E #9E1630 #309E16

tetradic

#16309E #9E1674 #9E8416 #169E40

square

#16309E #9E1674 #9E8416 #169E40

split-complementary

#16309E #9E4016 #749E16

monochromatic

#070F33 #0F2068 #16309E #1D40D4 #4967E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.77

#16309E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#16309E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16309E

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16309E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16309E	1.00	10.77	1.95	10.77
#FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00379C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16309e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 48, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.179 266.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7068bc',
    500: '#16309e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16309e;
$custom-light: #7068bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16309e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.529,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37565,
    "c": 0.17926,
    "h": 266.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16309E

secondary

#C7AF49

accent

#CE36F2

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDEBF6

border

#C8C6D0

text

#090612

muted

#7B7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #16309E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →