#16428D#16428D

#16428D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.134 H 260.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16428D
RGB	rgb(22, 66, 141)
HSL	hsl(218, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(218, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 53.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.39, 14.80, -45.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.39, 48.13, 287.91°)
OKLab	oklab(39.62% -0.0222 -0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(39.62% 0.134 260.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.0851, 5.9892, 25.9768)
Luminance	0.0599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16428D #8D6116

analogous

#167E8D #16428D #26168D

triadic

#16428D #8D1642 #428D16

tetradic

#16428D #8D167E #8D6116 #168D26

square

#16428D #8D167E #8D6116 #168D26

split-complementary

#16428D #8D2616 #7E8D16

monochromatic

#051023 #0E2958 #16428D #1E5BC2 #3D79E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.55

#16428D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#16428D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16428D

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16428D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16428D	1.00	9.55	2.20	9.55
#FFFFFF	9.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D4B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00408C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005461

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16428d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 66, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.134 260.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6975af',
    500: '#16428d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16428d;
$custom-light: #6975af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16428d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.815,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39617,
    "c": 0.13384,
    "h": 260.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16428D

secondary

#C1903E

accent

#AC38F0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF4

border

#C7C8CE

text

#070810

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16428D

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

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