#16337C#16337C

#16337C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.129 H 264.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16337C
RGB	rgb(22, 51, 124)
HSL	hsl(223, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(223, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.3%, 58.9%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.65, 18.32, -44.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.65, 48.12, 292.38°)
OKLab	oklab(34.84% -0.0129 -0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(34.84% 0.129 264.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.1515, 3.9929, 19.5641)
Luminance	0.0399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16337C #7C5F16

analogous

#16667C #16337C #2C167C

triadic

#16337C #7C1633 #337C16

tetradic

#16337C #7C1666 #7C5F16 #167C2C

square

#16337C #7C1666 #7C5F16 #167C2C

split-complementary

#16337C #7C2C16 #667C16

monochromatic

#050B1A #0D1E48 #16337C #1F48B0 #3262DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.68

#16337C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#16337C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16337C

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16337C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16337C	1.00	11.68	1.80	11.68
#FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004552

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16337c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 51, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.129 264.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#666aa3',
    500: '#16337c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16337c;
$custom-light: #666aa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16337c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.941,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34843,
    "c": 0.12914,
    "h": 264.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16337C

secondary

#B1903D

accent

#BA3BED

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#EBEBF4

border

#C6C6CE

text

#07060F

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16337C

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

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