#16389E#16389E

#16389E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.170 H 264.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16389E
RGB	rgb(22, 56, 158)
HSL	hsl(225, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(225, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 64.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.02, 28.58, -58.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.02, 65.03, 296.07°)
OKLab	oklab(39.04% -0.0151 -0.1692)
OKLCH	oklch(39.04% 0.17 264.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.9144, 5.4666, 32.9791)
Luminance	0.0547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16389E #9E7C16

analogous

#167C9E #16389E #38169E

triadic

#16389E #9E1638 #389E16

tetradic

#16389E #9E167C #9E7C16 #169E38

square

#16389E #9E167C #9E7C16 #169E38

split-complementary

#16389E #9E3816 #7C9E16

monochromatic

#071233 #0F2568 #16389E #1D4BD4 #4970E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.03

#16389E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#16389E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16389E

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16389E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16389E	1.00	10.03	2.09	10.03
#FFFFFF	10.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005365

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16389e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 56, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.170 264.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f6ebc',
    500: '#16389e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16389e;
$custom-light: #6f6ebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16389e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39038,
    "c": 0.16987,
    "h": 264.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16389E

secondary

#C7A749

accent

#C336F2

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDEBF6

border

#C8C6D0

text

#090712

muted

#7B7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #16389E

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

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