#16358E#16358E

#16358E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.152 H 264.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16358E
RGB	rgb(22, 53, 142)
HSL	hsl(225, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(225, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 62.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.77, 24.27, -52.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.77, 57.65, 294.89°)
OKLab	oklab(36.92% -0.0135 -0.1513)
OKLCH	oklch(36.92% 0.152 264.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.4847, 4.6690, 26.1454)
Luminance	0.0467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16358E #8E6F16

analogous

#16718E #16358E #33168E

triadic

#16358E #8E1635 #358E16

tetradic

#16358E #8E1671 #8E6F16 #168E33

square

#16358E #8E1671 #8E6F16 #168E33

split-complementary

#16358E #8E3316 #718E16

monochromatic

#060D24 #0E2159 #16358E #1E49C3 #3D68E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.86

#16358E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#16358E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16358E

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16358E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16358E	1.00	10.86	1.93	10.86
#FFFFFF	10.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16358e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 53, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.152 264.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b6bb0',
    500: '#16358e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16358e;
$custom-light: #6b6bb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16358e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36917,
    "c": 0.15193,
    "h": 264.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16358E

secondary

#C19F3F

accent

#C038F0

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF5

border

#C8C6CF

text

#080611

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #16358E

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

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