#16327E#16327E

#16327E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.133 H 264.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16327E
RGB	rgb(22, 50, 126)
HSL	hsl(224, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(224, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 60.3%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.53, 19.86, -45.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.53, 50.06, 293.37°)
OKLab	oklab(34.81% -0.0121 -0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(34.81% 0.133 264.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.2360, 3.9575, 20.2225)
Luminance	0.0396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16327E #7E6216

analogous

#16667E #16327E #2E167E

triadic

#16327E #7E1632 #327E16

tetradic

#16327E #7E1666 #7E6216 #167E2E

square

#16327E #7E1666 #7E6216 #167E2E

split-complementary

#16327E #7E2E16 #667E16

monochromatic

#050A1A #0D1D4A #16327E #1F47B2 #3360DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.72

#16327E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#16327E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16327E

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16327E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16327E	1.00	11.72	1.79	11.72
#FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00337D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004553

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16327e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 50, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.133 264.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6669a4',
    500: '#16327e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16327e;
$custom-light: #6669a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16327e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.846,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34808,
    "c": 0.13333,
    "h": 264.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16327E

secondary

#B3933D

accent

#BD3BED

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#EBEBF4

border

#C6C6CE

text

#07060F

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16327E

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

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