#16337E#16337E

#16337E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.0% C 0.132 H 264.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16337E
RGB	rgb(22, 51, 126)
HSL	hsl(223, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(223, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 59.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.82, 19.15, -45.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.82, 49.35, 292.83°)
OKLab	oklab(35.02% -0.0128 -0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(35.02% 0.132 264.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.2793, 4.0440, 20.2369)
Luminance	0.0404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16337E #7E6116

analogous

#16677E #16337E #2D167E

triadic

#16337E #7E1633 #337E16

tetradic

#16337E #7E1667 #7E6116 #167E2D

square

#16337E #7E1667 #7E6116 #167E2D

split-complementary

#16337E #7E2D16 #677E16

monochromatic

#050B1A #0D1E4A #16337E #1F48B2 #3362DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.61

#16337E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#16337E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16337E

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16337E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16337E	1.00	11.61	1.81	11.61
#FFFFFF	11.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004653

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16337e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 51, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.0% 0.132 264.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#666aa4',
    500: '#16337e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16337e;
$custom-light: #666aa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16337e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.269,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35022,
    "c": 0.13202,
    "h": 264.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16337E

secondary

#B3923D

accent

#BB3BED

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#EBEBF4

border

#C6C6CE

text

#07060F

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16337E

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

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