#16448D#16448D

#16448D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.131 H 259.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16448D
RGB	rgb(22, 68, 141)
HSL	hsl(217, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(217, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 51.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.98, 13.42, -44.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.98, 46.80, 286.66°)
OKLab	oklab(40.07% -0.0237 -0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(40.07% 0.131 259.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.2040, 6.2270, 26.0164)
Luminance	0.0623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16448D #8D5F16

analogous

#16808D #16448D #24168D

triadic

#16448D #8D1644 #448D16

tetradic

#16448D #8D1680 #8D5F16 #168D24

square

#16448D #8D1680 #8D5F16 #168D24

split-complementary

#16448D #8D2416 #808D16

monochromatic

#051123 #0E2A58 #16448D #1E5EC2 #3D7CE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.35

#16448D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#16448D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16448D

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16448D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16448D	1.00	9.35	2.25	9.35
#FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#154C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005662

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16448d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 68, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.131 259.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6977af',
    500: '#16448d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16448d;
$custom-light: #6977af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16448d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.807,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4007,
    "c": 0.13128,
    "h": 259.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16448D

secondary

#C18E3E

accent

#A938F0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF4

border

#C7C8CE

text

#070810

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16448D

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

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