#16357A#16357A

#16357A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.124 H 263.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16357A
RGB	rgb(22, 53, 122)
HSL	hsl(221, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(221, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82%, 56.6%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.07, 16.07, -42.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.07, 45.48, 290.69°)
OKLab	oklab(35.11% -0.0145 -0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(35.11% 0.124 263.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.1156, 4.1213, 18.9345)
Luminance	0.0412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16357A #7A5B16

analogous

#16677A #16357A #29167A

triadic

#16357A #7A1635 #357A16

tetradic

#16357A #7A1667 #7A5B16 #167A29

square

#16357A #7A1667 #7A5B16 #167A29

split-complementary

#16357A #7A2916 #677A16

monochromatic

#050B1A #0D1E46 #16357A #1F4CAE #3165DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.51

#16357A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#16357A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16357A

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16357A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16357A	1.00	11.51	1.82	11.51
#FFFFFF	11.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003579

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004652

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16357a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 53, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.124 263.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#656ba1',
    500: '#16357a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16357a;
$custom-light: #656ba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16357a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.4,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35109,
    "c": 0.12358,
    "h": 263.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16357A

secondary

#AF8C3D

accent

#B53CEC

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#EBEBF3

border

#C6C6CD

text

#06060F

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16357A

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

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