#16387C#16387C

#16387C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.123 H 262.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16387C
RGB	rgb(22, 56, 124)
HSL	hsl(220, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(220, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.3%, 54.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.12, 14.77, -42.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.12, 44.63, 289.33°)
OKLab	oklab(35.96% -0.0167 -0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(35.96% 0.123 262.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.3818, 4.4535, 19.6408)
Luminance	0.0445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16387C #7C5A16

analogous

#166B7C #16387C #27167C

triadic

#16387C #7C1638 #387C16

tetradic

#16387C #7C166B #7C5A16 #167C27

square

#16387C #7C166B #7C5A16 #167C27

split-complementary

#16387C #7C2716 #6B7C16

monochromatic

#050C1A #0D2148 #16387C #1F4FB0 #326ADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.11

#16387C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#16387C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16387C

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16387C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16387C	1.00	11.11	1.89	11.11
#FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#05407E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004954

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16387c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 56, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.123 262.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16387c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35955,
    "c": 0.12252,
    "h": 262.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16387C

secondary

#B18A3D

accent

#B13BED

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#EBEBF4

border

#C6C6CE

text

#07070F

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16387C

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →