#16438F#16438F

#16438F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.135 H 260.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16438F
RGB	rgb(22, 67, 143)
HSL	hsl(218, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(218, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.6%, 53.1%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.83, 14.93, -46.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.83, 48.65, 287.88°)
OKLab	oklab(40.01% -0.0226 -0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(40.01% 0.135 260.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.2942, 6.1672, 26.7872)
Luminance	0.0617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16438F #8F6216

analogous

#167F8F #16438F #26168F

triadic

#16438F #8F1643 #438F16

tetradic

#16438F #8F167F #8F6216 #168F26

square

#16438F #8F167F #8F6216 #168F26

split-complementary

#16438F #8F2616 #7F8F16

monochromatic

#061125 #0E2A5A #16438F #1E5CC4 #3E7BE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.40

#16438F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#16438F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16438F

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16438F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16438F	1.00	9.40	2.23	9.40
#FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D4C92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005662

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16438f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 67, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.135 260.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16438f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.686,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40005,
    "c": 0.13538,
    "h": 260.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16438F

secondary

#C1913F

accent

#AB38F0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF5

border

#C7C8CF

text

#080811

muted

#7A7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #16438F

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

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