#16357E#16357E

#16357E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.129 H 263.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16357E
RGB	rgb(22, 53, 126)
HSL	hsl(222, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(222, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 57.9%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.39, 17.73, -44.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.39, 47.95, 291.70°)
OKLab	oklab(35.46% -0.0142 -0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(35.46% 0.129 263.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.3685, 4.2225, 20.2667)
Luminance	0.0422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16357E #7E5F16

analogous

#16697E #16357E #2B167E

triadic

#16357E #7E1635 #357E16

tetradic

#16357E #7E1669 #7E5F16 #167E2B

square

#16357E #7E1669 #7E5F16 #167E2B

split-complementary

#16357E #7E2B16 #697E16

monochromatic

#050B1A #0D1F4A #16357E #1F4BB2 #3365DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.38

#16357E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#16357E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16357E

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16357E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16357E	1.00	11.38	1.84	11.38
#FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F81

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00357D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004754

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16357e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 53, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.129 263.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#666ba4',
    500: '#16357e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16357e;
$custom-light: #666ba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16357e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.115,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35457,
    "c": 0.12938,
    "h": 263.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16357E

secondary

#B3903D

accent

#B83BED

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#EBEBF4

border

#C6C6CE

text

#07060F

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16357E

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

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