#16317E#16317E

#16317E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.135 H 265.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16317E
RGB	rgb(22, 49, 126)
HSL	hsl(224, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(224, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 61.1%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.25, 20.57, -46.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.25, 50.77, 293.90°)
OKLab	oklab(34.6% -0.0114 -0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(34.6% 0.135 265.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.1938, 3.8729, 20.2084)
Luminance	0.0387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16317E #7E6316

analogous

#16657E #16317E #2F167E

triadic

#16317E #7E1631 #317E16

tetradic

#16317E #7E1665 #7E6316 #167E2F

square

#16317E #7E1665 #7E6316 #167E2F

split-complementary

#16317E #7E2F16 #657E16

monochromatic

#050A1A #0D1D4A #16317E #1F45B2 #335FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.83

#16317E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#16317E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16317E

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16317E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16317E	1.00	11.83	1.77	11.83
#FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00337D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004552

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16317e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 49, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.135 265.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6668a4',
    500: '#16317e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16317e;
$custom-light: #6668a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16317e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.423,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34596,
    "c": 0.13463,
    "h": 265.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16317E

secondary

#B3943D

accent

#BF3BED

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#EBEBF4

border

#C6C6CE

text

#07060F

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16317E

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

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