#16387F#16387F

#16387F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.127 H 262.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16387F
RGB	rgb(22, 56, 127)
HSL	hsl(221, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(221, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 55.9%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.35, 16.02, -43.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.35, 46.47, 290.16°)
OKLab	oklab(36.21% -0.0163 -0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(36.21% 0.127 262.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.5744, 4.5306, 20.6552)
Luminance	0.0453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16387F #7F5D16

analogous

#166D7F #16387F #28167F

triadic

#16387F #7F1638 #387F16

tetradic

#16387F #7F166D #7F5D16 #167F28

square

#16387F #7F166D #7F5D16 #167F28

split-complementary

#16387F #7F2816 #6D7F16

monochromatic

#050C1A #0D214B #16387F #1F4FB3 #346ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.02

#16387F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#16387F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16387F

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16387F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16387F	1.00	11.02	1.91	11.02
#FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004181

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004955

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16387f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 56, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.127 262.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#666ea5',
    500: '#16387f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16387f;
$custom-light: #666ea5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16387f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.571,
    "s": 70.47,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36208,
    "c": 0.12687,
    "h": 262.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16387F

secondary

#B48D3D

accent

#B33BED

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#EBEBF4

border

#C6C6CE

text

#07070F

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16387F

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

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