#16428A#16428A

#16428A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 39.4% C 0.130 H 260.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16428A
RGB	rgb(22, 66, 138)
HSL	hsl(217, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(217, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.1%, 52.2%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.16, 13.56, -44.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.16, 46.33, 287.02°)
OKLab	oklab(39.38% -0.0226 -0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(39.38% 0.13 260)
XYZ	xyz(6.8649, 5.9011, 24.8171)
Luminance	0.0590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16428A #8A5E16

analogous

#167C8A #16428A #24168A

triadic

#16428A #8A1642 #428A16

tetradic

#16428A #8A167C #8A5E16 #168A24

square

#16428A #8A167C #8A5E16 #168A24

split-complementary

#16428A #8A2416 #7C8A16

monochromatic

#051020 #0E2955 #16428A #1E5BBF #3B79E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.63

#16428A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#16428A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16428A

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16428A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16428A	1.00	9.63	2.18	9.63
#FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#134A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004089

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00545F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16428a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 66, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.4% 0.130 260.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6975ad',
    500: '#16428a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16428a;
$custom-light: #6975ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16428a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.241,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39376,
    "c": 0.12959,
    "h": 260
  },
  "luminance": 0.05902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16428A

secondary

#BE8D3E

accent

#AA39EF

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF4

border

#C7C8CE

text

#070810

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16428A

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

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