#16398E#16398E

#16398E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.147 H 263.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16398E
RGB	rgb(22, 57, 142)
HSL	hsl(223, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(223, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 59.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.87, 21.48, -50.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.87, 54.87, 293.05°)
OKLab	oklab(37.74% -0.0159 -0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(37.74% 0.147 263.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.6747, 5.0490, 26.2087)
Luminance	0.0505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16398E #8E6B16

analogous

#16758E #16398E #2F168E

triadic

#16398E #8E1639 #398E16

tetradic

#16398E #8E1675 #8E6B16 #168E2F

square

#16398E #8E1675 #8E6B16 #168E2F

split-complementary

#16398E #8E2F16 #758E16

monochromatic

#060E24 #0E2459 #16398E #1E4EC3 #3D6DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.45

#16398E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#16398E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16398E

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16398E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16398E	1.00	10.45	2.01	10.45
#FFFFFF	10.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004591

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004F5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16398e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 57, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.147 263.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a6eb0',
    500: '#16398e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16398e;
$custom-light: #6a6eb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16398e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37742,
    "c": 0.14685,
    "h": 263.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16398E

secondary

#C19B3F

accent

#BA38F0

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECEBF5

border

#C7C6CF

text

#080710

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16398E

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

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