#16317C#16317C

#16317C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.132 H 265.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16317C
RGB	rgb(22, 49, 124)
HSL	hsl(224, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(224, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.3%, 60.5%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.07, 19.75, -45.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.07, 49.54, 293.49°)
OKLab	oklab(34.41% -0.0115 -0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(34.41% 0.132 265)
XYZ	xyz(5.0660, 3.8218, 19.5356)
Luminance	0.0382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16317C #7C6116

analogous

#16647C #16317C #2E167C

triadic

#16317C #7C1631 #317C16

tetradic

#16317C #7C1664 #7C6116 #167C2E

square

#16317C #7C1664 #7C6116 #167C2E

split-complementary

#16317C #7C2E16 #647C16

monochromatic

#050A1A #0D1C48 #16317C #1F46B0 #325EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.90

#16317C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.76

#16317C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16317C

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16317C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16317C	1.00	11.90	1.76	11.90
#FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00327B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004451

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16317c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 49, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.132 265.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6668a3',
    500: '#16317c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16317c;
$custom-light: #6668a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16317c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.118,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34412,
    "c": 0.13177,
    "h": 265
  },
  "luminance": 0.03822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16317C

secondary

#B1923D

accent

#BE3BED

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#EBEBF4

border

#C6C6CE

text

#07060F

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16317C

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

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