#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
RGB	rgb(22, 67, 138)
HSL	hsl(217, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(217, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.1%, 51.4%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.46, 12.87, -43.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.46, 45.67, 286.37°)
OKLab	oklab(39.6% -0.0233 -0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(39.6% 0.128 259.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.9238, 6.0190, 24.8367)
Luminance	0.0602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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
##16438A	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)

#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

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

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