#16335B#16335B

#16335B is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 32.2% C 0.080 H 257.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16335B
RGB	rgb(22, 51, 91)
HSL	hsl(215, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(215, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 44%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.18, 4.52, -27.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.18, 27.55, 279.44°)
OKLab	oklab(32.17% -0.0178 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(32.17% 0.08 257.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.4023, 3.2932, 10.3518)
Luminance	0.0329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16335B #5B3E16

analogous

#16565B #16335B #1C165B

triadic

#16335B #5B1633 #335B16

tetradic

#16335B #5B1656 #5B3E16 #165B1C

square

#16335B #5B1656 #5B3E16 #165B1C

split-complementary

#16335B #5B1C16 #565B16

monochromatic

#060E19 #0A172A #16335B #224F8C #2E6ABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.66

#16335B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#16335B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16335B

12.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16335B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16335B	1.00	12.66	1.66	12.66
#FFFFFF	12.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#20365D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#15305A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003C42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16335b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 51, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.2% 0.080 257.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d6a8a',
    500: '#16335b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16335b;
$custom-light: #5d6a8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16335b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.783,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32173,
    "c": 0.07956,
    "h": 257.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16335B

secondary

#926D3B

accent

#A144E4

background

#F5F6F8

surface

#E9EBF0

border

#C5C6CB

text

#05060B

muted

#797A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16335B

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

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