#16318F#16318F

#16318F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.158 H 265.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16318F
RGB	rgb(22, 49, 143)
HSL	hsl(227, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(227, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.6%, 65.7%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.80, 27.42, -54.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.80, 61.02, 296.70°)
OKLab	oklab(36.22% -0.0113 -0.1579)
OKLCH	oklch(36.22% 0.158 265.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.3854, 4.3496, 26.4843)
Luminance	0.0435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16318F #8F7416

analogous

#166D8F #16318F #38168F

triadic

#16318F #8F1631 #318F16

tetradic

#16318F #8F166D #8F7416 #168F38

square

#16318F #8F166D #8F7416 #168F38

split-complementary

#16318F #8F3816 #6D8F16

monochromatic

#060D25 #0E1F5A #16318F #1E43C4 #3E63E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.23

#16318F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#16318F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16318F

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16318F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16318F	1.00	11.23	1.87	11.23
#FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004192

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00358D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004A5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16318f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 49, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.158 265.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b68b1',
    500: '#16318f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16318f;
$custom-light: #6b68b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16318f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.612,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36223,
    "c": 0.15827,
    "h": 265.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16318F

secondary

#C1A43F

accent

#C738F0

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDEBF6

border

#C8C6D0

text

#080611

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #16318F

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

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