#16448E#16448E

#16448E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.133 H 259.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16448E
RGB	rgb(22, 68, 142)
HSL	hsl(217, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(217, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 52.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.05, 13.83, -45.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.05, 47.39, 286.97°)
OKLab	oklab(40.15% -0.0235 -0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(40.15% 0.133 259.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.2787, 6.2569, 26.4100)
Luminance	0.0626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16448E #8E6016

analogous

#16808E #16448E #24168E

triadic

#16448E #8E1644 #448E16

tetradic

#16448E #8E1680 #8E6016 #168E24

square

#16448E #8E1680 #8E6016 #168E24

split-complementary

#16448E #8E2416 #808E16

monochromatic

#061124 #0E2B59 #16448E #1E5DC3 #3D7CE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.33

#16448E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#16448E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16448E

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16448E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16448E	1.00	9.33	2.25	9.33
#FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#134C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005662

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16448e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 68, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.133 259.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6977b0',
    500: '#16448e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16448e;
$custom-light: #6977b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16448e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4015,
    "c": 0.13269,
    "h": 259.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16448E

secondary

#C18F3F

accent

#A938F0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF5

border

#C7C8CF

text

#070810

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16448E

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

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