#16338E#16338E

#16338E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.154 H 265.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16338E
RGB	rgb(22, 51, 142)
HSL	hsl(226, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(226, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 64.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.23, 25.65, -53.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.23, 59.04, 295.75°)
OKLab	oklab(36.52% -0.0124 -0.1539)
OKLCH	oklch(36.52% 0.154 265.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.3955, 4.4904, 26.1156)
Luminance	0.0449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16338E #8E7116

analogous

#166F8E #16338E #35168E

triadic

#16338E #8E1633 #338E16

tetradic

#16338E #8E166F #8E7116 #168E35

square

#16338E #8E166F #8E7116 #168E35

split-complementary

#16338E #8E3516 #6F8E16

monochromatic

#060D24 #0E2059 #16338E #1E46C3 #3D65E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.06

#16338E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#16338E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16338E

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16338E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16338E	1.00	11.06	1.90	11.06
#FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004291

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004B5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16338e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 51, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.154 265.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b6ab0',
    500: '#16338e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16338e;
$custom-light: #6b6ab0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16338e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36517,
    "c": 0.15444,
    "h": 265.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16338E

secondary

#C1A23F

accent

#C338F0

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF5

border

#C8C6CF

text

#080611

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #16338E

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

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