#16356A#16356A

#16356A is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.038; OKLCH L 33.8% C 0.100 H 260.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16356A
RGB	rgb(22, 53, 106)
HSL	hsl(218, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(218, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 50%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.85, 9.37, -34.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.85, 35.55, 285.29°)
OKLab	oklab(33.79% -0.0167 -0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(33.79% 0.1 260.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.2046, 3.7569, 14.1364)
Luminance	0.0376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16356A #6A4B16

analogous

#165F6A #16356A #21166A

triadic

#16356A #6A1635 #356A16

tetradic

#16356A #6A165F #6A4B16 #166A21

square

#16356A #6A165F #6A4B16 #166A21

split-complementary

#16356A #6A2116 #5F6A16

monochromatic

#050D19 #0B1C37 #16356A #214E9D #2B68CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.99

#16356A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.75

#16356A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16356A

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16356A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16356A	1.00	11.99	1.75	11.99
#FFFFFF	11.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#183B6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#023369

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00424A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16356a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 53, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.8% 0.100 260.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#616b95',
    500: '#16356a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16356a;
$custom-light: #616b95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16356a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.857,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33793,
    "c": 0.09981,
    "h": 260.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16356A

secondary

#A07B3B

accent

#AA3FE9

background

#F6F6F9

surface

#EBEBF1

border

#C6C6CB

text

#05060D

muted

#7A7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16356A

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

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