#16448A#16448A

#16448A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.127 H 259.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16448A
RGB	rgb(22, 68, 138)
HSL	hsl(216, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(216, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.1%, 50.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.76, 12.18, -43.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.76, 45.02, 285.70°)
OKLab	oklab(39.83% -0.0241 -0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(39.83% 0.127 259.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.9838, 6.1389, 24.8567)
Luminance	0.0614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16448A #8A5C16

analogous

#167E8A #16448A #22168A

triadic

#16448A #8A1644 #448A16

tetradic

#16448A #8A167E #8A5C16 #168A22

square

#16448A #8A167E #8A5C16 #168A22

split-complementary

#16448A #8A2216 #7E8A16

monochromatic

#051020 #0E2A55 #16448A #1E5EBF #3B7CE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.43

#16448A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#16448A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16448A

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16448A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16448A	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)

#194C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004189

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005560

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16448a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 68, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.127 259.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6877ad',
    500: '#16448a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16448a;
$custom-light: #6877ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16448a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.207,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39834,
    "c": 0.12703,
    "h": 259.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16448A

secondary

#BE8B3E

accent

#A739EF

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF4

border

#C7C8CE

text

#070810

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16448A

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

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