#16348E#16348E

#16348E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.153 H 265.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16348E
RGB	rgb(22, 52, 142)
HSL	hsl(225, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(225, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 63.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.50, 24.96, -52.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.50, 58.34, 295.33°)
OKLab	oklab(36.72% -0.0129 -0.1526)
OKLCH	oklch(36.72% 0.153 265.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.4396, 4.5788, 26.1303)
Luminance	0.0458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16348E #8E7016

analogous

#16708E #16348E #34168E

triadic

#16348E #8E1634 #348E16

tetradic

#16348E #8E1670 #8E7016 #168E34

square

#16348E #8E1670 #8E7016 #168E34

split-complementary

#16348E #8E3416 #708E16

monochromatic

#060D24 #0E2159 #16348E #1E47C3 #3D66E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.96

#16348E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#16348E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16348E

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16348E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16348E	1.00	10.96	1.92	10.96
#FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004291

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004B5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16348e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 52, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.153 265.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b6bb0',
    500: '#16348e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16348e;
$custom-light: #6b6bb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16348e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36716,
    "c": 0.15319,
    "h": 265.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16348E

secondary

#C1A03F

accent

#C238F0

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF5

border

#C8C6CF

text

#080611

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #16348E

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

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