#16368C#16368C

#16368C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.148 H 264.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16368C
RGB	rgb(22, 54, 140)
HSL	hsl(224, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(224, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.3%, 61.4%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.87, 22.76, -50.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.87, 55.75, 294.10°)
OKLab	oklab(36.94% -0.0141 -0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(36.94% 0.148 264.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.3820, 4.7016, 25.3770)
Luminance	0.0470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16368C #8C6C16

analogous

#16718C #16368C #31168C

triadic

#16368C #8C1636 #368C16

tetradic

#16368C #8C1671 #8C6C16 #168C31

square

#16368C #8C1671 #8C6C16 #168C31

split-complementary

#16368C #8C3116 #718C16

monochromatic

#050D22 #0E2257 #16368C #1E4AC1 #3C69E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.82

#16368C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#16368C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16368C

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16368C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16368C	1.00	10.82	1.94	10.82
#FFFFFF	10.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00438F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16368c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 54, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.148 264.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a6cae',
    500: '#16368c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16368c;
$custom-light: #6a6cae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16368c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.729,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36935,
    "c": 0.1479,
    "h": 264.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16368C

secondary

#C09D3E

accent

#BE38F0

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECEBF4

border

#C7C6CE

text

#080710

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16368C

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

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