#16387B#16387B

#16387B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.121 H 262.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16387B
RGB	rgb(22, 56, 123)
HSL	hsl(220, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(220, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.1%, 54.5%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.04, 14.35, -41.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.04, 44.01, 289.03°)
OKLab	oklab(35.87% -0.0168 -0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(35.87% 0.121 262)
XYZ	xyz(5.3189, 4.4284, 19.3095)
Luminance	0.0443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16387B #7B5916

analogous

#166A7B #16387B #26167B

triadic

#16387B #7B1638 #387B16

tetradic

#16387B #7B166A #7B5916 #167B26

square

#16387B #7B166A #7B5916 #167B26

split-complementary

#16387B #7B2616 #6A7B16

monochromatic

#050C1A #0D2047 #16387B #1F50AF #316ADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.14

#16387B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#16387B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16387B

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16387B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16387B	1.00	11.14	1.89	11.14
#FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#07407D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16387b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 56, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.121 262.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#656ea2',
    500: '#16387b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16387b;
$custom-light: #656ea2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16387b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.802,
    "s": 69.655,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35871,
    "c": 0.12106,
    "h": 262
  },
  "luminance": 0.04429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16387B

secondary

#B0893D

accent

#B13BEC

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#EBEBF3

border

#C6C6CD

text

#06070F

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16387B

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

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