#16428E#16428E

#16428E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.135 H 260.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16428E
RGB	rgb(22, 66, 142)
HSL	hsl(218, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(218, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 53.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.46, 15.22, -46.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.46, 48.72, 288.20°)
OKLab	oklab(39.7% -0.022 -0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(39.7% 0.135 260.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.1598, 6.0191, 26.3704)
Luminance	0.0602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16428E #8E6216

analogous

#167E8E #16428E #26168E

triadic

#16428E #8E1642 #428E16

tetradic

#16428E #8E167E #8E6216 #168E26

square

#16428E #8E167E #8E6216 #168E26

split-complementary

#16428E #8E2616 #7E8E16

monochromatic

#061124 #0E2959 #16428E #1E5BC3 #3D79E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.53

#16428E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#16428E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16428E

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16428E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16428E	1.00	9.53	2.20	9.53
#FFFFFF	9.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A4B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00408D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005561

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16428e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 66, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.135 260.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a75b0',
    500: '#16428e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16428e;
$custom-light: #6a75b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16428e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39699,
    "c": 0.13525,
    "h": 260.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16428E

secondary

#C1913F

accent

#AC38F0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF5

border

#C7C8CF

text

#080810

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16428E

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

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