#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
RGBrgb(22, 53, 124)
HSLhsl(222, 70%, 29%)
HSVhsv(222, 82%, 49%)
CMYKcmyk(82.3%, 57.3%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LABlab(24.23, 16.90, -43.55)
CIE-LCHlch(24.23, 46.72, 291.21°)
OKLaboklab(35.28% -0.0144 -0.1257)
OKLCHoklch(35.28% 0.126 263.5)
XYZxyz(5.2408, 4.1714, 19.5938)
Luminance0.0417 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##16357C1.0011.451.8311.45
#FFFFFF11.451.0021.001.00
#0000001.8321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF11.451.0021.001.00

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

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#16357C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva