#16468A#16468A

#16468A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.124 H 258.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16468A
RGB	rgb(22, 70, 138)
HSL	hsl(215, 73%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(215, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.1%, 49.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.36, 10.80, -42.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.36, 43.72, 284.30°)
OKLab	oklab(40.3% -0.0257 -0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(40.3% 0.124 258.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.1068, 6.3850, 24.8977)
Luminance	0.0639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16468A #8A5A16

analogous

#16808A #16468A #20168A

triadic

#16468A #8A1646 #468A16

tetradic

#16468A #8A1680 #8A5A16 #168A20

square

#16468A #8A1680 #8A5A16 #168A20

split-complementary

#16468A #8A2016 #808A16

monochromatic

#051020 #0E2B55 #16468A #1E61BF #3B7FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.22

#16468A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#16468A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16468A

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16468A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16468A	1.00	9.22	2.28	9.22
#FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F4D8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005661

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16468a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 70, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.124 258.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6878ad',
    500: '#16468a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16468a;
$custom-light: #6878ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16468a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.172,
    "s": 72.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40298,
    "c": 0.12449,
    "h": 258.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16468A

secondary

#BE893E

accent

#A439EF

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF4

border

#C7C8CE

text

#070910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16468A

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

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