#16318E#16318E

#16318E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.157 H 265.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16318E
RGB	rgb(22, 49, 142)
HSL	hsl(227, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(227, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 65.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.70, 27.02, -54.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.70, 60.42, 296.57°)
OKLab	oklab(36.12% -0.0113 -0.1565)
OKLCH	oklch(36.12% 0.157 265.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.3100, 4.3194, 26.0871)
Luminance	0.0432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16318E #8E7316

analogous

#166D8E #16318E #37168E

triadic

#16318E #8E1631 #318E16

tetradic

#16318E #8E166D #8E7316 #168E37

square

#16318E #8E166D #8E7316 #168E37

split-complementary

#16318E #8E3716 #6D8E16

monochromatic

#060C24 #0E1F59 #16318E #1E43C3 #3D62E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.27

#16318E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#16318E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16318E

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16318E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16318E	1.00	11.27	1.86	11.27
#FFFFFF	11.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00358C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004A5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16318e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 49, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.157 265.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b68b0',
    500: '#16318e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16318e;
$custom-light: #6b68b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16318e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36124,
    "c": 0.15692,
    "h": 265.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16318E

secondary

#C1A43F

accent

#C638F0

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF5

border

#C8C6CF

text

#080611

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #16318E

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

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