#16438B#16438B

#16438B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 39.7% C 0.130 H 259.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#16438B
RGBrgb(22, 67, 139)
HSLhsl(217, 73%, 32%)
HSVhsv(217, 84%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(84.2%, 51.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(29.53, 13.28, -44.32)
CIE-LCHlch(29.53, 46.27, 286.68°)
OKLaboklab(39.68% -0.0232 -0.1276)
OKLCHoklch(39.68% 0.13 259.7)
XYZxyz(6.9965, 6.0481, 25.2197)
Luminance0.0605 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#16438B #8B5E16
analogous
#167E8B #16438B #24168B
triadic
#16438B #8B1643 #438B16
tetradic
#16438B #8B167E #8B5E16 #168B24
square
#16438B #8B167E #8B5E16 #168B24
split-complementary
#16438B #8B2416 #7E8B16
monochromatic
#051021 #0E2A56 #16438B #1E5CC0 #3B7BE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.50
#16438B on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21
#16438B on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16438B
9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##16438B#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##16438B1.009.502.219.50
#FFFFFF9.501.0021.001.00
#0000002.2121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF9.501.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#154B8E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#00418A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#005460
Achromatopsia (no color)
#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #16438b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 67, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.7% 0.130 259.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6976ad',
    500: '#16438b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #16438b;
$custom-light: #6976ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#16438b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.923,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39683,
    "c": 0.12973,
    "h": 259.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#16438B
secondary
#BF8D3E
accent
#A938EF
background
#F6F7FA
surface
#ECEDF4
border
#C7C8CE
text
#070810
muted
#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

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