#16387D#16387D

#16387D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.124 H 262.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16387D
RGB	rgb(22, 56, 125)
HSL	hsl(220, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(220, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.4%, 55.2%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.20, 15.19, -42.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.20, 45.24, 289.61°)
OKLab	oklab(36.04% -0.0165 -0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(36.04% 0.124 262.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.4454, 4.4789, 19.9756)
Luminance	0.0448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16387D #7D5B16

analogous

#166C7D #16387D #28167D

triadic

#16387D #7D1638 #387D16

tetradic

#16387D #7D166C #7D5B16 #167D28

square

#16387D #7D166C #7D5B16 #167D28

split-complementary

#16387D #7D2816 #6C7D16

monochromatic

#050C1A #0D2149 #16387D #1F4FB1 #326ADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.08

#16387D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#16387D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16387D

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16387D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16387D	1.00	11.08	1.90	11.08
#FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#03417F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004954

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16387d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 56, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.124 262.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#666ea3',
    500: '#16387d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16387d;
$custom-light: #666ea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16387d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.194,
    "s": 70.068,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36039,
    "c": 0.12397,
    "h": 262.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16387D

secondary

#B28B3D

accent

#B23BED

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#EBEBF4

border

#C6C6CE

text

#07070F

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16387D

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

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