#16357D#16357D

#16357D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.128 H 263.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#16357D
RGBrgb(22, 53, 125)
HSLhsl(222, 70%, 29%)
HSVhsv(222, 82%, 49%)
CMYKcmyk(82.4%, 57.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LABlab(24.31, 17.32, -44.05)
CIE-LCHlch(24.31, 47.33, 291.46°)
OKLaboklab(35.37% -0.0143 -0.1271)
OKLCHoklch(35.37% 0.128 263.6)
XYZxyz(5.3043, 4.1968, 19.9286)
Luminance0.0420 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#16357D #7D5E16
analogous
#16697D #16357D #2B167D
triadic
#16357D #7D1635 #357D16
tetradic
#16357D #7D1669 #7D5E16 #167D2B
square
#16357D #7D1669 #7D5E16 #167D2B
split-complementary
#16357D #7D2B16 #697D16
monochromatic
#050B1A #0D1F49 #16357D #1F4BB1 #3265DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.42
#16357D on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84
#16357D on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16357D
11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##16357D#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##16357D1.0011.421.8411.42
#FFFFFF11.421.0021.001.00
#0000001.8421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF11.421.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#003F7F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#00357C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#004753
Achromatopsia (no color)
#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #16357d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 53, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.128 263.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#666ba3',
    500: '#16357d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #16357d;
$custom-light: #666ba3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#16357d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.942,
    "s": 70.068,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35369,
    "c": 0.12794,
    "h": 263.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#16357D
secondary
#B28F3D
accent
#B73BED
background
#F6F6FA
surface
#EBEBF4
border
#C6C6CE
text
#07060F
muted
#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16357D

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