#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
RGB	rgb(22, 64, 140)
HSL	hsl(219, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(219, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.3%, 54.3%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.72, 15.78, -46.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.72, 48.87, 288.84°)
OKLab	oklab(39.09% -0.0208 -0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(39.09% 0.135 261.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.8962, 5.7300, 25.5484)
Luminance	0.0573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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
##16408C	1.00	9.78	2.15	9.78
#FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

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

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