#16397D#16397D

#16397D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.123 H 261.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16397D
RGB	rgb(22, 57, 125)
HSL	hsl(220, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(220, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.4%, 54.4%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.49, 14.48, -42.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.49, 44.55, 288.96°)
OKLab	oklab(36.27% -0.0173 -0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(36.27% 0.123 261.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.4943, 4.5768, 19.9919)
Luminance	0.0458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16397D #7D5A16

analogous

#166D7D #16397D #27167D

triadic

#16397D #7D1639 #397D16

tetradic

#16397D #7D166D #7D5A16 #167D27

square

#16397D #7D166D #7D5A16 #167D27

split-complementary

#16397D #7D2716 #6D7D16

monochromatic

#050C1A #0D2149 #16397D #1F51B1 #326CDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.96

#16397D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#16397D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16397D

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16397D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16397D	1.00	10.96	1.92	10.96
#FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#07417F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004A55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16397d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 57, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.123 261.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#666ea3',
    500: '#16397d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16397d;
$custom-light: #666ea3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16397d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.612,
    "s": 70.068,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36265,
    "c": 0.12265,
    "h": 261.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16397D

secondary

#B28A3D

accent

#B03BED

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#EBEBF4

border

#C6C6CE

text

#07070F

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16397D

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

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