#16408C#16408C

#16408C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 39.1% C 0.135 H 261.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#16408C
RGBrgb(22, 64, 140)
HSLhsl(219, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(219, 84%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(84.3%, 54.3%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LABlab(28.72, 15.78, -46.25)
CIE-LCHlch(28.72, 48.87, 288.84°)
OKLaboklab(39.09% -0.0208 -0.1334)
OKLCHoklch(39.09% 0.135 261.1)
XYZxyz(6.8962, 5.7300, 25.5484)
Luminance0.0573 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#16408C #8C6216
analogous
#167B8C #16408C #27168C
triadic
#16408C #8C1640 #408C16
tetradic
#16408C #8C167B #8C6216 #168C27
square
#16408C #8C167B #8C6216 #168C27
split-complementary
#16408C #8C2716 #7B8C16
monochromatic
#051022 #0E2857 #16408C #1E58C1 #3C77E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.78
#16408C on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15
#16408C on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16408C
9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##16408C#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##16408C1.009.782.159.78
#FFFFFF9.781.0021.001.00
#0000002.1521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF9.781.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#05498F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#003F8B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00535F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #16408c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 64, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.1% 0.135 261.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6974ae',
    500: '#16408c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #16408c;
$custom-light: #6974ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#16408c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.644,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39087,
    "c": 0.13501,
    "h": 261.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#16408C
secondary
#C0923E
accent
#AE38F0
background
#F6F7FA
surface
#ECEDF4
border
#C7C8CE
text
#070810
muted
#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16408C

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#16408C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva