#16397E#16397E

#16397E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.124 H 262.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16397E
RGB	rgb(22, 57, 126)
HSL	hsl(220, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(220, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 54.8%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.57, 14.89, -42.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.57, 45.16, 289.25°)
OKLab	oklab(36.35% -0.0172 -0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(36.35% 0.124 262)
XYZ	xyz(5.5585, 4.6025, 20.3300)
Luminance	0.0460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16397E #7E5B16

analogous

#166D7E #16397E #27167E

triadic

#16397E #7E1639 #397E16

tetradic

#16397E #7E166D #7E5B16 #167E27

square

#16397E #7E166D #7E5B16 #167E27

split-complementary

#16397E #7E2716 #6D7E16

monochromatic

#050C1A #0D214A #16397E #1F51B2 #336CDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.93

#16397E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#16397E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16397E

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16397E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16397E	1.00	10.93	1.92	10.93
#FFFFFF	10.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#054280

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00387D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004A55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16397e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 57, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.124 262.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#666ea4',
    500: '#16397e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16397e;
$custom-light: #666ea4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16397e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.808,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36349,
    "c": 0.1241,
    "h": 262
  },
  "luminance": 0.04603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16397E

secondary

#B38B3D

accent

#B13BED

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#EBEBF4

border

#C6C6CE

text

#07070F

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16397E

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

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