#16398D#16398D

#16398D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.145 H 263.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16398D
RGB	rgb(22, 57, 141)
HSL	hsl(222, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(222, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 59.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.79, 21.08, -50.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.79, 54.27, 292.85°)
OKLab	oklab(37.65% -0.016 -0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(37.65% 0.145 263.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.6000, 5.0191, 25.8151)
Luminance	0.0502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16398D #8D6A16

analogous

#16758D #16398D #2F168D

triadic

#16398D #8D1639 #398D16

tetradic

#16398D #8D1675 #8D6A16 #168D2F

square

#16398D #8D1675 #8D6A16 #168D2F

split-complementary

#16398D #8D2F16 #758D16

monochromatic

#050E23 #0E2458 #16398D #1E4EC2 #3D6DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.48

#16398D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#16398D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16398D

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16398D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16398D	1.00	10.48	2.00	10.48
#FFFFFF	10.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004590

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16398d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 57, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.145 263.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a6eaf',
    500: '#16398d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16398d;
$custom-light: #6a6eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16398d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.353,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37652,
    "c": 0.14545,
    "h": 263.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16398D

secondary

#C19A3E

accent

#BA38F0

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECEBF5

border

#C7C6CF

text

#080710

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16398D

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

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