#16418C#16418C

#16418C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.134 H 260.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16418C
RGB	rgb(22, 65, 140)
HSL	hsl(218, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(218, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.3%, 53.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.01, 15.08, -45.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.01, 48.20, 288.24°)
OKLab	oklab(39.31% -0.0216 -0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(39.31% 0.134 260.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.9531, 5.8438, 25.5674)
Luminance	0.0585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16418C #8C6116

analogous

#167C8C #16418C #26168C

triadic

#16418C #8C1641 #418C16

tetradic

#16418C #8C167C #8C6116 #168C26

square

#16418C #8C167C #8C6116 #168C26

split-complementary

#16418C #8C2616 #7C8C16

monochromatic

#051022 #0E2857 #16418C #1E5AC1 #3C78E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.68

#16418C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#16418C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16418C

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16418C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16418C	1.00	9.68	2.17	9.68
#FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A4A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005360

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16418c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 65, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.134 260.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6975ae',
    500: '#16418c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16418c;
$custom-light: #6975ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16418c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.136,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39311,
    "c": 0.13372,
    "h": 260.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16418C

secondary

#C0903E

accent

#AD38F0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF4

border

#C7C8CE

text

#070810

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16418C

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

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