#16428C#16428C

#16428C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 39.5% C 0.132 H 260.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16428C
RGB	rgb(22, 66, 140)
HSL	hsl(218, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(218, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.3%, 52.9%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.31, 14.39, -45.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.31, 47.53, 287.62°)
OKLab	oklab(39.54% -0.0223 -0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(39.54% 0.132 260.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.0110, 5.9596, 25.5867)
Luminance	0.0596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16428C #8C6016

analogous

#167D8C #16428C #25168C

triadic

#16428C #8C1642 #428C16

tetradic

#16428C #8C167D #8C6016 #168C25

square

#16428C #8C167D #8C6016 #168C25

split-complementary

#16428C #8C2516 #7D8C16

monochromatic

#051022 #0E2957 #16428C #1E5BC1 #3C79E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.58

#16428C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#16428C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16428C

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16428C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16428C	1.00	9.58	2.19	9.58
#FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F4B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00408B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005460

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16428c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 66, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.5% 0.132 260.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6975ae',
    500: '#16428c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16428c;
$custom-light: #6975ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16428c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.627,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39536,
    "c": 0.13243,
    "h": 260.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16428C

secondary

#C08F3E

accent

#AB38F0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF4

border

#C7C8CE

text

#070810

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16428C

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

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