#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
RGBrgb(22, 66, 139)
HSLhsl(217, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(217, 84%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(84.2%, 52.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(29.24, 13.98, -44.80)
CIE-LCHlch(29.24, 46.93, 287.33°)
OKLaboklab(39.46% -0.0224 -0.1291)
OKLCHoklch(39.46% 0.131 260.1)
XYZxyz(6.9376, 5.9302, 25.2001)
Luminance0.0593 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

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
##16428B1.009.612.199.61
#FFFFFF9.611.0021.001.00
#0000002.1921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF9.611.0021.001.00

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

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#16428B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva