#16387E#16387E

#16387E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.125 H 262.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16387E
RGB	rgb(22, 56, 126)
HSL	hsl(220, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(220, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 55.6%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.27, 15.60, -43.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.27, 45.85, 289.89°)
OKLab	oklab(36.12% -0.0164 -0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(36.12% 0.125 262.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.5096, 4.5046, 20.3137)
Luminance	0.0450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16387E #7E5C16

analogous

#166C7E #16387E #28167E

triadic

#16387E #7E1638 #387E16

tetradic

#16387E #7E166C #7E5C16 #167E28

square

#16387E #7E166C #7E5C16 #167E28

split-complementary

#16387E #7E2816 #6C7E16

monochromatic

#050C1A #0D214A #16387E #1F4FB2 #336ADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.05

#16387E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#16387E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16387E

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16387E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16387E	1.00	11.05	1.90	11.05
#FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004180

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004955

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16387e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 56, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.125 262.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#666ea4',
    500: '#16387e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16387e;
$custom-light: #666ea4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16387e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.385,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36123,
    "c": 0.12542,
    "h": 262.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16387E

secondary

#B38C3D

accent

#B33BED

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#EBEBF4

border

#C6C6CE

text

#07070F

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16387E

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

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