#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
RGB	rgb(22, 53, 125)
HSL	hsl(222, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(222, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.4%, 57.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.31, 17.32, -44.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.31, 47.33, 291.46°)
OKLab	oklab(35.37% -0.0143 -0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(35.37% 0.128 263.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.3043, 4.1968, 19.9286)
Luminance	0.0420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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
##16357D	1.00	11.42	1.84	11.42
#FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →