#16438D#16438D

#16438D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.133 H 260.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16438D
RGB	rgb(22, 67, 141)
HSL	hsl(217, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(217, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 52.5%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.68, 14.11, -45.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.68, 47.46, 287.30°)
OKLab	oklab(39.84% -0.0229 -0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(39.84% 0.133 260)
XYZ	xyz(7.1440, 6.1071, 25.9964)
Luminance	0.0611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16438D #8D6016

analogous

#167F8D #16438D #25168D

triadic

#16438D #8D1643 #438D16

tetradic

#16438D #8D167F #8D6016 #168D25

square

#16438D #8D167F #8D6016 #168D25

split-complementary

#16438D #8D2516 #7F8D16

monochromatic

#051123 #0E2A58 #16438D #1E5CC2 #3D7BE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.45

#16438D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#16438D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16438D

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16438D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16438D	1.00	9.45	2.22	9.45
#FFFFFF	9.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#114C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005561

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16438d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 67, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.133 260.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6976af',
    500: '#16438d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16438d;
$custom-light: #6976af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16438d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.311,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39843,
    "c": 0.13256,
    "h": 260
  },
  "luminance": 0.06108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16438D

secondary

#C18F3E

accent

#AA38F0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF4

border

#C7C8CE

text

#070810

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16438D

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

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