#16448B#16448B

#16448B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.128 H 259.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16448B
RGB	rgb(22, 68, 139)
HSL	hsl(216, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(216, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 51.1%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.83, 12.59, -43.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.83, 45.61, 286.03°)
OKLab	oklab(39.91% -0.024 -0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(39.91% 0.128 259.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.0565, 6.1680, 25.2397)
Luminance	0.0617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16448B #8B5D16

analogous

#167F8B #16448B #22168B

triadic

#16448B #8B1644 #448B16

tetradic

#16448B #8B167F #8B5D16 #168B22

square

#16448B #8B167F #8B5D16 #168B22

split-complementary

#16448B #8B2216 #7F8B16

monochromatic

#051021 #0E2A56 #16448B #1E5EC0 #3B7CE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.40

#16448B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#16448B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16448B

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#184C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00418A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005561

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16448b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 68, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.128 259.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6977ad',
    500: '#16448b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16448b;
$custom-light: #6977ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16448b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.41,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39913,
    "c": 0.12845,
    "h": 259.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16448B

secondary

#BF8C3E

accent

#A738EF

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF4

border

#C7C8CE

text

#070810

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16448B

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

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