#16396E#16396E

#16396E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.101 H 258.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16396E
RGB	rgb(22, 57, 110)
HSL	hsl(216, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(216, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 48.2%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.39, 8.20, -34.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.39, 35.35, 283.42°)
OKLab	oklab(35.07% -0.0196 -0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(35.07% 0.101 258.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.6074, 4.2221, 15.3209)
Luminance	0.0422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16396E #6E4B16

analogous

#16656E #16396E #1F166E

triadic

#16396E #6E1639 #396E16

tetradic

#16396E #6E1665 #6E4B16 #166E1F

square

#16396E #6E1665 #6E4B16 #166E1F

split-complementary

#16396E #6E1F16 #656E16

monochromatic

#050D1A #0C1F3B #16396E #2053A1 #2A6ED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.38

#16396E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#16396E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16396E

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16396E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16396E	1.00	11.38	1.84	11.38
#FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D3E70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#09366D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00464E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16396e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 57, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.101 258.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#626e98',
    500: '#16396e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16396e;
$custom-light: #626e98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16396e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.136,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3507,
    "c": 0.10055,
    "h": 258.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16396E

secondary

#A47B3C

accent

#A53EEA

background

#F6F6F9

surface

#EBEBF2

border

#C6C6CC

text

#06070D

muted

#7A7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16396E

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

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