#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
RGBrgb(22, 66, 140)
HSLhsl(218, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(218, 84%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(84.3%, 52.9%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LABlab(29.31, 14.39, -45.30)
CIE-LCHlch(29.31, 47.53, 287.62°)
OKLaboklab(39.54% -0.0223 -0.1305)
OKLCHoklch(39.54% 0.132 260.3)
XYZxyz(7.0110, 5.9596, 25.5867)
Luminance0.0596 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

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
##16428C1.009.582.199.58
#FFFFFF9.581.0021.001.00
#0000002.1921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF9.581.0021.001.00

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

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Preview with #16428C

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