#16458B#16458B

#16458B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.127 H 258.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16458B
RGB	rgb(22, 69, 139)
HSL	hsl(216, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(216, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 50.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.13, 11.90, -43.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.13, 44.96, 285.35°)
OKLab	oklab(40.14% -0.0247 -0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(40.14% 0.127 258.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.1175, 6.2900, 25.2601)
Luminance	0.0629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16458B #8B5C16

analogous

#16808B #16458B #21168B

triadic

#16458B #8B1645 #458B16

tetradic

#16458B #8B1680 #8B5C16 #168B21

square

#16458B #8B1680 #8B5C16 #168B21

split-complementary

#16458B #8B2116 #808B16

monochromatic

#051121 #0E2B56 #16458B #1E5FC0 #3B7EE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.30

#16458B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#16458B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16458B

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16458B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16458B	1.00	9.30	2.26	9.30
#FFFFFF	9.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B4D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00428A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005661

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16458b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 69, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.127 258.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6978ad',
    500: '#16458b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16458b;
$custom-light: #6978ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16458b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.897,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40143,
    "c": 0.12718,
    "h": 258.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16458B

secondary

#BF8B3E

accent

#A638EF

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF4

border

#C7C8CE

text

#070810

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16458B

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

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