#16399E#16399E

#16399E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.169 H 264.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16399E
RGB	rgb(22, 57, 158)
HSL	hsl(225, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(225, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 63.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.29, 27.90, -57.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.29, 64.34, 295.70°)
OKLab	oklab(39.23% -0.0155 -0.1679)
OKLCH	oklch(39.23% 0.169 264.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.9634, 5.5645, 32.9955)
Luminance	0.0556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16399E #9E7B16

analogous

#167D9E #16399E #37169E

triadic

#16399E #9E1639 #399E16

tetradic

#16399E #9E167D #9E7B16 #169E37

square

#16399E #9E167D #9E7B16 #169E37

split-complementary

#16399E #9E3716 #7D9E16

monochromatic

#071233 #0F2668 #16399E #1D4CD4 #4971E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.94

#16399E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#16399E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16399E

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16399E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16399E	1.00	9.94	2.11	9.94
#FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005466

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16399e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 57, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.169 264.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f6fbc',
    500: '#16399e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16399e;
$custom-light: #6f6fbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16399e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.559,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39231,
    "c": 0.16865,
    "h": 264.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16399E

secondary

#C7A649

accent

#C236F2

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDECF6

border

#C8C7D0

text

#090712

muted

#7B7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #16399E

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

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