#16357B#16357B

#16357B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.125 H 263.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16357B
RGB	rgb(22, 53, 123)
HSL	hsl(222, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(222, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.1%, 56.9%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.15, 16.49, -43.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.15, 46.10, 290.95°)
OKLab	oklab(35.2% -0.0144 -0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(35.2% 0.125 263.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.1779, 4.1462, 19.2625)
Luminance	0.0415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16357B #7B5C16

analogous

#16677B #16357B #29167B

triadic

#16357B #7B1635 #357B16

tetradic

#16357B #7B1667 #7B5C16 #167B29

square

#16357B #7B1667 #7B5C16 #167B29

split-complementary

#16357B #7B2916 #677B16

monochromatic

#050B1A #0D1F47 #16357B #1F4BAF #3165DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.48

#16357B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#16357B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16357B

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16357B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16357B	1.00	11.48	1.83	11.48
#FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004652

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16357b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 53, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.125 263.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#656ba2',
    500: '#16357b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16357b;
$custom-light: #656ba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16357b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.584,
    "s": 69.655,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35195,
    "c": 0.12504,
    "h": 263.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16357B

secondary

#B08D3D

accent

#B63BEC

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#EBEBF3

border

#C6C6CD

text

#07060F

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16357B

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

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