#16388F#16388F

#16388F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.150 H 264.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16388F
RGB	rgb(22, 56, 143)
HSL	hsl(223, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(223, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.6%, 60.8%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.68, 22.59, -51.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.68, 56.16, 293.71°)
OKLab	oklab(37.62% -0.0153 -0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(37.62% 0.15 264.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.7012, 4.9813, 26.5896)
Luminance	0.0498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16388F #8F6D16

analogous

#16758F #16388F #30168F

triadic

#16388F #8F1638 #388F16

tetradic

#16388F #8F1675 #8F6D16 #168F30

square

#16388F #8F1675 #8F6D16 #168F30

split-complementary

#16388F #8F3016 #758F16

monochromatic

#060E25 #0E235A #16388F #1E4DC4 #3E6CE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.52

#16388F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#16388F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16388F

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16388F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16388F	1.00	10.52	2.00	10.52
#FFFFFF	10.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004592

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16388f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 56, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.150 264.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b6eb1',
    500: '#16388f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16388f;
$custom-light: #6b6eb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16388f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.14,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37624,
    "c": 0.14951,
    "h": 264.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16388F

secondary

#C19D3F

accent

#BC38F0

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDEBF6

border

#C8C6D0

text

#080711

muted

#7B7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #16388F

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

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