#16388D#16388D

#16388D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.147 H 264.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16388D
RGB	rgb(22, 56, 141)
HSL	hsl(223, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(223, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 60.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.51, 21.77, -50.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.51, 54.96, 293.34°)
OKLab	oklab(37.44% -0.0153 -0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(37.44% 0.147 264)
XYZ	xyz(6.5511, 4.9212, 25.7988)
Luminance	0.0492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16388D #8D6B16

analogous

#16748D #16388D #30168D

triadic

#16388D #8D1638 #388D16

tetradic

#16388D #8D1674 #8D6B16 #168D30

square

#16388D #8D1674 #8D6B16 #168D30

split-complementary

#16388D #8D3016 #748D16

monochromatic

#050E23 #0E2358 #16388D #1E4DC2 #3D6CE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.58

#16388D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#16388D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16388D

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16388D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16388D	1.00	10.58	1.98	10.58
#FFFFFF	10.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004490

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16388d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 56, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.147 264.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a6eaf',
    500: '#16388d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16388d;
$custom-light: #6a6eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16388d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.857,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37442,
    "c": 0.14673,
    "h": 264
  },
  "luminance": 0.04922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16388D

secondary

#C19B3E

accent

#BB38F0

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECEBF5

border

#C7C6CF

text

#080710

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16388D

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

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