#16379E#16379E

#16379E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.171 H 265.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16379E
RGB	rgb(22, 55, 158)
HSL	hsl(225, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(225, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 65.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.77, 29.25, -58.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.77, 65.71, 296.44°)
OKLab	oklab(38.85% -0.0146 -0.1704)
OKLCH	oklch(38.85% 0.171 265.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.8664, 5.3706, 32.9631)
Luminance	0.0537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16379E #9E7D16

analogous

#167B9E #16379E #39169E

triadic

#16379E #9E1637 #379E16

tetradic

#16379E #9E167B #9E7D16 #169E39

square

#16379E #9E167B #9E7D16 #169E39

split-complementary

#16379E #9E3916 #7B9E16

monochromatic

#071233 #0F2468 #16379E #1D4AD4 #496FE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.12

#16379E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#16379E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16379E

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16379E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16379E	1.00	10.12	2.07	10.12
#FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005265

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16379e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 55, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.171 265.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f6dbc',
    500: '#16379e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16379e;
$custom-light: #6f6dbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16379e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.441,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38846,
    "c": 0.17107,
    "h": 265.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16379E

secondary

#C7A849

accent

#C436F2

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDEBF6

border

#C8C6D0

text

#090712

muted

#7B7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #16379E

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

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