#16339E#16339E

#16339E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.176 H 265.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16339E
RGB	rgb(22, 51, 158)
HSL	hsl(227, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(227, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 67.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.75, 31.93, -60.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.75, 68.41, 297.82°)
OKLab	oklab(38.1% -0.0128 -0.1753)
OKLCH	oklch(38.1% 0.176 265.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.6841, 5.0059, 32.9024)
Luminance	0.0501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16339E #9E8116

analogous

#16779E #16339E #3D169E

triadic

#16339E #9E1633 #339E16

tetradic

#16339E #9E1677 #9E8116 #169E3D

square

#16339E #9E1677 #9E8116 #169E3D

split-complementary

#16339E #9E3D16 #779E16

monochromatic

#071033 #0F2268 #16339E #1D44D4 #496AE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.49

#16339E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#16339E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16339E

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16339E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16339E	1.00	10.49	2.00	10.49
#FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00399C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005064

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16339e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 51, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.176 265.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f6abc',
    500: '#16339e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16339e;
$custom-light: #6f6abc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16339e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 227.206,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38101,
    "c": 0.17581,
    "h": 265.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16339E

secondary

#C7AC49

accent

#CA36F2

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDEBF6

border

#C8C6D0

text

#090612

muted

#7B7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #16339E

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

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