#16438C#16438C

#16438C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.131 H 259.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16438C
RGB	rgb(22, 67, 140)
HSL	hsl(217, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(217, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.3%, 52.1%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.61, 13.70, -44.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.61, 46.86, 286.99°)
OKLab	oklab(39.76% -0.0231 -0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(39.76% 0.131 259.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.0699, 6.0775, 25.6063)
Luminance	0.0608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16438C #8C5F16

analogous

#167E8C #16438C #24168C

triadic

#16438C #8C1643 #438C16

tetradic

#16438C #8C167E #8C5F16 #168C24

square

#16438C #8C167E #8C5F16 #168C24

split-complementary

#16438C #8C2416 #7E8C16

monochromatic

#051022 #0E2A57 #16438C #1E5CC1 #3C7BE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.48

#16438C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#16438C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16438C

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16438C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16438C	1.00	9.48	2.22	9.48
#FFFFFF	9.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#134B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005561

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16438c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 67, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.131 259.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6976ae',
    500: '#16438c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16438c;
$custom-light: #6976ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16438c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.119,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39763,
    "c": 0.13114,
    "h": 259.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16438C

secondary

#C08E3E

accent

#AA38F0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF4

border

#C7C8CE

text

#070810

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16438C

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

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