#16388C#16388C

#16388C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.145 H 263.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#16388C
RGBrgb(22, 56, 140)
HSLhsl(223, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(223, 84%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(84.3%, 60%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LABlab(26.42, 21.37, -49.99)
CIE-LCHlch(26.42, 54.36, 293.14°)
OKLaboklab(37.35% -0.0154 -0.1445)
OKLCHoklch(37.35% 0.145 263.9)
XYZxyz(6.4770, 4.8916, 25.4087)
Luminance0.0489 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#16388C #8C6A16
analogous
#16738C #16388C #2F168C
triadic
#16388C #8C1638 #388C16
tetradic
#16388C #8C1673 #8C6A16 #168C2F
square
#16388C #8C1673 #8C6A16 #168C2F
split-complementary
#16388C #8C2F16 #738C16
monochromatic
#050E22 #0E2357 #16388C #1E4DC1 #3C6BE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.61
#16388C on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98
#16388C on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16388C
10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##16388C#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##16388C1.0010.611.9810.61
#FFFFFF10.611.0021.001.00
#0000001.9821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF10.611.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#00448F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#00398A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#004D5C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #16388c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 56, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.145 263.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a6eae',
    500: '#16388c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #16388c;
$custom-light: #6a6eae;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#16388c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.712,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37351,
    "c": 0.14534,
    "h": 263.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#16388C
secondary
#C09A3E
accent
#BB38F0
background
#F6F6FA
surface
#ECEBF4
border
#C7C6CE
text
#080710
muted
#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16388C

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#16388C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva