#16408B#16408B

#16408B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.134 H 261.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16408B
RGB	rgb(22, 64, 139)
HSL	hsl(218, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(218, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 54%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.64, 15.37, -45.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.64, 48.27, 288.56°)
OKLab	oklab(39% -0.0209 -0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(39% 0.134 261)
XYZ	xyz(6.8228, 5.7006, 25.1618)
Luminance	0.0570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16408B #8B6116

analogous

#167B8B #16408B #27168B

triadic

#16408B #8B1640 #408B16

tetradic

#16408B #8B167B #8B6116 #168B27

square

#16408B #8B167B #8B6116 #168B27

split-complementary

#16408B #8B2716 #7B8B16

monochromatic

#050F21 #0E2856 #16408B #1E58C0 #3B76E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.81

#16408B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#16408B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16408B

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16408B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16408B	1.00	9.81	2.14	9.81
#FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#08498E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00525F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16408b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 64, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.134 261.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16408b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.462,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39004,
    "c": 0.13359,
    "h": 261
  },
  "luminance": 0.05701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16408B

secondary

#BF913E

accent

#AE38EF

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF4

border

#C7C8CE

text

#070810

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16408B

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

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