#16338D#16338D

#16338D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.153 H 265.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16338D
RGB	rgb(22, 51, 141)
HSL	hsl(225, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(225, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 63.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.14, 25.25, -52.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.14, 58.44, 295.60°)
OKLab	oklab(36.42% -0.0124 -0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(36.42% 0.153 265.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.3207, 4.4605, 25.7220)
Luminance	0.0446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16338D #8D7016

analogous

#166F8D #16338D #35168D

triadic

#16338D #8D1633 #338D16

tetradic

#16338D #8D166F #8D7016 #168D35

square

#16338D #8D166F #8D7016 #168D35

split-complementary

#16338D #8D3516 #6F8D16

monochromatic

#050D23 #0E2058 #16338D #1E46C2 #3D65E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.10

#16338D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#16338D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16338D

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16338D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16338D	1.00	11.10	1.89	11.10
#FFFFFF	11.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004B5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16338d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 51, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.153 265.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a6aaf',
    500: '#16338d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16338d;
$custom-light: #6a6aaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16338d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.378,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3642,
    "c": 0.15307,
    "h": 265.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16338D

secondary

#C1A13E

accent

#C338F0

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECEBF5

border

#C7C6CF

text

#080610

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16338D

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →