#16357C#16357C

#16357C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 35.3% C 0.126 H 263.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16357C
RGB	rgb(22, 53, 124)
HSL	hsl(222, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(222, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.3%, 57.3%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.23, 16.90, -43.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.23, 46.72, 291.21°)
OKLab	oklab(35.28% -0.0144 -0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(35.28% 0.126 263.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.2408, 4.1714, 19.5938)
Luminance	0.0417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16357C #7C5D16

analogous

#16687C #16357C #2A167C

triadic

#16357C #7C1635 #357C16

tetradic

#16357C #7C1668 #7C5D16 #167C2A

square

#16357C #7C1668 #7C5D16 #167C2A

split-complementary

#16357C #7C2A16 #687C16

monochromatic

#050B1A #0D1F48 #16357C #1F4BB0 #3265DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.45

#16357C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#16357C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16357C

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16357C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16357C	1.00	11.45	1.83	11.45
#FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004753

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16357c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 53, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.3% 0.126 263.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#666ba2',
    500: '#16357c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16357c;
$custom-light: #666ba2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16357c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.765,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35282,
    "c": 0.12649,
    "h": 263.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16357C

secondary

#B18E3D

accent

#B73BED

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#EBEBF4

border

#C6C6CE

text

#07060F

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16357C

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

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