#16438A#16438A

#16438A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.128 H 259.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#16438A
RGBrgb(22, 67, 138)
HSLhsl(217, 73%, 31%)
HSVhsv(217, 84%, 54%)
CMYKcmyk(84.1%, 51.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LABlab(29.46, 12.87, -43.82)
CIE-LCHlch(29.46, 45.67, 286.37°)
OKLaboklab(39.6% -0.0233 -0.1262)
OKLCHoklch(39.6% 0.128 259.5)
XYZxyz(6.9238, 6.0190, 24.8367)
Luminance0.0602 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#16438A #8A5D16
analogous
#167D8A #16438A #23168A
triadic
#16438A #8A1643 #438A16
tetradic
#16438A #8A167D #8A5D16 #168A23
square
#16438A #8A167D #8A5D16 #168A23
split-complementary
#16438A #8A2316 #7D8A16
monochromatic
#051020 #0E2955 #16438A #1E5DBF #3B7BE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.53
#16438A on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20
#16438A on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16438A
9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##16438A#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##16438A1.009.532.209.53
#FFFFFF9.531.0021.001.00
#0000002.2021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF9.531.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#164B8D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#004089
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#005460
Achromatopsia (no color)
#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #16438a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 67, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.128 259.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6876ad',
    500: '#16438a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #16438a;
$custom-light: #6876ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#16438a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.724,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39604,
    "c": 0.12831,
    "h": 259.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#16438A
secondary
#BE8C3E
accent
#A839EF
background
#F6F7FA
surface
#ECEDF4
border
#C7C8CE
text
#070810
muted
#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16438A

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#16438A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva