#16397A#16397A

#16397A is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.118 H 261.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16397A
RGB	rgb(22, 57, 122)
HSL	hsl(219, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(219, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82%, 53.3%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.26, 13.23, -40.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.26, 42.71, 288.04°)
OKLab	oklab(36.02% -0.0177 -0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(36.02% 0.118 261.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.3056, 4.5013, 18.9978)
Luminance	0.0450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16397A #7A5716

analogous

#166B7A #16397A #25167A

triadic

#16397A #7A1639 #397A16

tetradic

#16397A #7A166B #7A5716 #167A25

square

#16397A #7A166B #7A5716 #167A25

split-complementary

#16397A #7A2516 #6B7A16

monochromatic

#050C1A #0D2146 #16397A #1F51AE #316CDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.05

#16397A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#16397A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16397A

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16397A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16397A	1.00	11.05	1.90	11.05
#FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E417C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004953

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16397a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 57, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.118 261.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#656ea1',
    500: '#16397a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16397a;
$custom-light: #656ea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16397a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36018,
    "c": 0.11827,
    "h": 261.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16397A

secondary

#AF873D

accent

#AE3CEC

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#EBEBF3

border

#C6C6CD

text

#06070F

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16397A

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

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