#16378D#16378D

#16378D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.148 H 264.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#16378D
RGBrgb(22, 55, 141)
HSLhsl(223, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(223, 84%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(84.4%, 61%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LABlab(26.23, 22.47, -50.92)
CIE-LCHlch(26.23, 55.66, 293.81°)
OKLaboklab(37.23% -0.0147 -0.1473)
OKLCHoklch(37.23% 0.148 264.3)
XYZxyz(6.5031, 4.8252, 25.7828)
Luminance0.0483 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#16378D #8D6C16
analogous
#16738D #16378D #30168D
triadic
#16378D #8D1637 #378D16
tetradic
#16378D #8D1673 #8D6C16 #168D30
square
#16378D #8D1673 #8D6C16 #168D30
split-complementary
#16378D #8D3016 #738D16
monochromatic
#050E23 #0E2258 #16378D #1E4CC2 #3D6AE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.69
#16378D on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.97
#16378D on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16378D
10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##16378D#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##16378D1.0010.691.9710.69
#FFFFFF10.691.0021.001.00
#0000001.9721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF10.691.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#004490
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#00398B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#004D5C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #16378d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 55, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.148 264.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a6daf',
    500: '#16378d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #16378d;
$custom-light: #6a6daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#16378d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.361,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37234,
    "c": 0.148,
    "h": 264.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#16378D
secondary
#C19C3E
accent
#BD38F0
background
#F6F6FA
surface
#ECEBF5
border
#C7C6CF
text
#080710
muted
#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16378D

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#16378D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva