#16438E#16438E

#16438E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.134 H 260.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16438E
RGB	rgb(22, 67, 142)
HSL	hsl(218, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(218, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 52.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.76, 14.52, -45.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.76, 48.05, 287.59°)
OKLab	oklab(39.92% -0.0228 -0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(39.92% 0.134 260.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.2187, 6.1370, 26.3900)
Luminance	0.0614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16438E #8E6116

analogous

#167F8E #16438E #25168E

triadic

#16438E #8E1643 #438E16

tetradic

#16438E #8E167F #8E6116 #168E25

square

#16438E #8E167F #8E6116 #168E25

split-complementary

#16438E #8E2516 #7F8E16

monochromatic

#061124 #0E2A59 #16438E #1E5CC3 #3D7BE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.43

#16438E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#16438E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16438E

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16438E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16438E	1.00	9.43	2.23	9.43
#FFFFFF	9.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F4C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005562

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16438e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 67, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.134 260.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a76b0',
    500: '#16438e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16438e;
$custom-light: #6a76b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16438e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39924,
    "c": 0.13397,
    "h": 260.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16438E

secondary

#C1903F

accent

#AB38F0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF5

border

#C7C8CF

text

#080810

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16438E

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

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