#16428B#16428B

#16428B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.131 H 260.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16428B
RGB	rgb(22, 66, 139)
HSL	hsl(217, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(217, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 52.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.24, 13.98, -44.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.24, 46.93, 287.33°)
OKLab	oklab(39.46% -0.0224 -0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(39.46% 0.131 260.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.9376, 5.9302, 25.2001)
Luminance	0.0593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16428B #8B5F16

analogous

#167D8B #16428B #25168B

triadic

#16428B #8B1642 #428B16

tetradic

#16428B #8B167D #8B5F16 #168B25

square

#16428B #8B167D #8B5F16 #168B25

split-complementary

#16428B #8B2516 #7D8B16

monochromatic

#051021 #0E2956 #16428B #1E5BC0 #3B79E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.61

#16428B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#16428B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16428B

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16428B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16428B	1.00	9.61	2.19	9.61
#FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#114A8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00408A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005460

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16428b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 66, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.131 260.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16428b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.436,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39456,
    "c": 0.13102,
    "h": 260.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16428B

secondary

#BF8E3E

accent

#AB38EF

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF4

border

#C7C8CE

text

#070810

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16428B

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

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