#16369E#16369E

#16369E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.172 H 265.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16369E
RGB	rgb(22, 54, 158)
HSL	hsl(226, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(226, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 65.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.51, 29.92, -59.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.51, 66.38, 296.79°)
OKLab	oklab(38.66% -0.0141 -0.1717)
OKLCH	oklch(38.66% 0.172 265.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.8194, 5.2766, 32.9475)
Luminance	0.0528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16369E #9E7E16

analogous

#167A9E #16369E #3A169E

triadic

#16369E #9E1636 #369E16

tetradic

#16369E #9E167A #9E7E16 #169E3A

square

#16369E #9E167A #9E7E16 #169E3A

split-complementary

#16369E #9E3A16 #7A9E16

monochromatic

#071133 #0F2468 #16369E #1D48D4 #496EE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.22

#16369E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#16369E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16369E

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16369E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16369E	1.00	10.22	2.06	10.22
#FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005265

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16369e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 54, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.172 265.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f6cbc',
    500: '#16369e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16369e;
$custom-light: #6f6cbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16369e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.882,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38657,
    "c": 0.17227,
    "h": 265.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16369E

secondary

#C7A949

accent

#C636F2

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDEBF6

border

#C8C6D0

text

#090712

muted

#7B7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #16369E

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

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