#16357F#16357F

#16357F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.131 H 263.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16357F
RGB	rgb(22, 53, 127)
HSL	hsl(222, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(222, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 58.3%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.48, 18.14, -45.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.48, 48.56, 291.94°)
OKLab	oklab(35.55% -0.0141 -0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(35.55% 0.131 263.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.4334, 4.2484, 20.6082)
Luminance	0.0425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16357F #7F6016

analogous

#166A7F #16357F #2C167F

triadic

#16357F #7F1635 #357F16

tetradic

#16357F #7F166A #7F6016 #167F2C

square

#16357F #7F166A #7F6016 #167F2C

split-complementary

#16357F #7F2C16 #6A7F16

monochromatic

#050B1A #0D1F4B #16357F #1F4BB3 #3465DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.35

#16357F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#16357F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16357F

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16357F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16357F	1.00	11.35	1.85	11.35
#FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004754

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16357f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 53, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.131 263.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#666ba5',
    500: '#16357f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16357f;
$custom-light: #666ba5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16357f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.286,
    "s": 70.47,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35545,
    "c": 0.13082,
    "h": 263.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16357F

secondary

#B4913D

accent

#B83BED

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#EBEBF4

border

#C6C6CE

text

#07060F

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16357F

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

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