#16428F#16428F

#16428F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.137 H 260.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16428F
RGB	rgb(22, 66, 143)
HSL	hsl(218, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(218, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.6%, 53.8%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.54, 15.63, -46.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.54, 49.32, 288.47°)
OKLab	oklab(39.78% -0.0219 -0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(39.78% 0.137 260.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.2352, 6.0493, 26.7676)
Luminance	0.0605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16428F #8F6316

analogous

#167E8F #16428F #27168F

triadic

#16428F #8F1642 #428F16

tetradic

#16428F #8F167E #8F6316 #168F27

square

#16428F #8F167E #8F6316 #168F27

split-complementary

#16428F #8F2716 #7E8F16

monochromatic

#061125 #0E2A5A #16428F #1E5AC4 #3E79E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.50

#16428F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#16428F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16428F

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16428F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16428F	1.00	9.50	2.21	9.50
#FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#084B92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00408D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005562

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16428f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 66, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.137 260.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16428f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.182,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39781,
    "c": 0.13666,
    "h": 260.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16428F

secondary

#C1923F

accent

#AD38F0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF5

border

#C7C8CF

text

#080811

muted

#7A7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #16428F

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

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