#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
RGBrgb(22, 56, 126)
HSLhsl(220, 70%, 29%)
HSVhsv(220, 83%, 49%)
CMYKcmyk(82.5%, 55.6%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LABlab(25.27, 15.60, -43.12)
CIE-LCHlch(25.27, 45.85, 289.89°)
OKLaboklab(36.12% -0.0164 -0.1243)
OKLCHoklch(36.12% 0.125 262.5)
XYZxyz(5.5096, 4.5046, 20.3137)
Luminance0.0450 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##16387E1.0011.051.9011.05
#FFFFFF11.051.0021.001.00
#0000001.9021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF11.051.0021.001.00

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

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#16387E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva