#16408A#16408A

#16408A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.132 H 260.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16408A
RGB	rgb(22, 64, 138)
HSL	hsl(218, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(218, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.1%, 53.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.57, 14.96, -45.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.57, 47.67, 288.28°)
OKLab	oklab(38.92% -0.0211 -0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(38.92% 0.132 260.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.7501, 5.6715, 24.7788)
Luminance	0.0567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16408A #8A6016

analogous

#167A8A #16408A #26168A

triadic

#16408A #8A1640 #408A16

tetradic

#16408A #8A167A #8A6016 #168A26

square

#16408A #8A167A #8A6016 #168A26

split-complementary

#16408A #8A2616 #7A8A16

monochromatic

#050F20 #0E2855 #16408A #1E58BF #3B76E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.84

#16408A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#16408A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16408A

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16408A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16408A	1.00	9.84	2.13	9.84
#FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A498D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00525E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16408a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 64, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.132 260.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6974ad',
    500: '#16408a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16408a;
$custom-light: #6974ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16408a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.276,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38922,
    "c": 0.13217,
    "h": 260.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16408A

secondary

#BE903E

accent

#AD39EF

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF4

border

#C7C8CE

text

#070810

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16408A

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

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