#16359E#16359E

#16359E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.173 H 265.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16359E
RGB	rgb(22, 53, 158)
HSL	hsl(226, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(226, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 66.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.25, 30.60, -59.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.25, 67.06, 297.14°)
OKLab	oklab(38.47% -0.0136 -0.1729)
OKLCH	oklch(38.47% 0.173 265.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.7734, 5.1844, 32.9321)
Luminance	0.0519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16359E #9E7F16

analogous

#16799E #16359E #3B169E

triadic

#16359E #9E1635 #359E16

tetradic

#16359E #9E1679 #9E7F16 #169E3B

square

#16359E #9E1679 #9E7F16 #169E3B

split-complementary

#16359E #9E3B16 #799E16

monochromatic

#071133 #0F2368 #16359E #1D47D4 #496DE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.31

#16359E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.04

#16359E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16359E

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16359E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16359E	1.00	10.31	2.04	10.31
#FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005164

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16359e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 53, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.173 265.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f6cbc',
    500: '#16359e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16359e;
$custom-light: #6f6cbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16359e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.324,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3847,
    "c": 0.17346,
    "h": 265.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16359E

secondary

#C7AA49

accent

#C736F2

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDEBF6

border

#C8C6D0

text

#090712

muted

#7B7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #16359E

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

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