#16319E#16319E

#16319E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.178 H 266.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16319E
RGB	rgb(22, 49, 158)
HSL	hsl(228, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(228, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 69%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.26, 33.24, -61.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.26, 69.74, 298.47°)
OKLab	oklab(37.74% -0.0119 -0.1777)
OKLCH	oklch(37.74% 0.178 266.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.5986, 4.8349, 32.8739)
Luminance	0.0484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16319E #9E8316

analogous

#16759E #16319E #3F169E

triadic

#16319E #9E1631 #319E16

tetradic

#16319E #9E1675 #9E8316 #169E3F

square

#16319E #9E1675 #9E8316 #169E3F

split-complementary

#16319E #9E3F16 #759E16

monochromatic

#071033 #0F2068 #16319E #1D42D4 #4968E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.68

#16319E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97

#16319E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16319E

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16319E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16319E	1.00	10.68	1.97	10.68
#FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00389C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16319e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 49, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.178 266.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f69bc',
    500: '#16319e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16319e;
$custom-light: #6f69bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16319e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.088,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37741,
    "c": 0.17812,
    "h": 266.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16319E

secondary

#C7AE49

accent

#CD36F2

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDEBF6

border

#C8C6D0

text

#090612

muted

#7B7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #16319E

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

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