#16418B#16418B

#16418B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 39.2% C 0.132 H 260.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16418B
RGB	rgb(22, 65, 139)
HSL	hsl(218, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(218, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 53.2%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.94, 14.67, -45.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.94, 47.60, 287.95°)
OKLab	oklab(39.23% -0.0217 -0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(39.23% 0.132 260.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.8797, 5.8144, 25.1808)
Luminance	0.0582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16418B #8B6016

analogous

#167C8B #16418B #26168B

triadic

#16418B #8B1641 #418B16

tetradic

#16418B #8B167C #8B6016 #168B26

square

#16418B #8B167C #8B6016 #168B26

split-complementary

#16418B #8B2616 #7C8B16

monochromatic

#051021 #0E2856 #16418B #1E5AC0 #3B78E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.71

#16418B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#16418B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16418B

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16418B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16418B	1.00	9.71	2.16	9.71
#FFFFFF	9.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D4A8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00535F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16418b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 65, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.2% 0.132 260.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6975ad',
    500: '#16418b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16418b;
$custom-light: #6975ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16418b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.949,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39229,
    "c": 0.1323,
    "h": 260.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16418B

secondary

#BF8F3E

accent

#AC38EF

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF4

border

#C7C8CE

text

#070810

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16418B

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

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