#16368E#16368E

#16368E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.151 H 264.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16368E
RGB	rgb(22, 54, 142)
HSL	hsl(224, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(224, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 62%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.04, 23.57, -51.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.04, 56.95, 294.45°)
OKLab	oklab(37.12% -0.0141 -0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(37.12% 0.151 264.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.5308, 4.7611, 26.1607)
Luminance	0.0476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16368E #8E6E16

analogous

#16728E #16368E #32168E

triadic

#16368E #8E1636 #368E16

tetradic

#16368E #8E1672 #8E6E16 #168E32

square

#16368E #8E1672 #8E6E16 #168E32

split-complementary

#16368E #8E3216 #728E16

monochromatic

#060E24 #0E2259 #16368E #1E4AC3 #3D69E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.76

#16368E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#16368E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16368E

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16368E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16368E	1.00	10.76	1.95	10.76
#FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00388C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004D5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16368e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 54, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.151 264.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a6cb0',
    500: '#16368e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16368e;
$custom-light: #6a6cb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16368e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3712,
    "c": 0.15067,
    "h": 264.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16368E

secondary

#C19E3F

accent

#BF38F0

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECEBF5

border

#C7C6CF

text

#080711

muted

#7A7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #16368E

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

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