#16468B#16468B

#16468B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.126 H 258.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16468B
RGB	rgb(22, 70, 139)
HSL	hsl(215, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(215, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 49.6%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.43, 11.21, -42.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.43, 44.31, 284.66°)
OKLab	oklab(40.37% -0.0255 -0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(40.37% 0.126 258.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.1795, 6.4141, 25.2807)
Luminance	0.0641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16468B #8B5B16

analogous

#16818B #16468B #21168B

triadic

#16468B #8B1646 #468B16

tetradic

#16468B #8B1681 #8B5B16 #168B21

square

#16468B #8B1681 #8B5B16 #168B21

split-complementary

#16468B #8B2116 #818B16

monochromatic

#051121 #0E2B56 #16468B #1E61C0 #3B7FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.20

#16468B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.28

#16468B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16468B

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16468B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16468B	1.00	9.20	2.28	9.20
#FFFFFF	9.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E4D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005762

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16468b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 70, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.126 258.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6978ad',
    500: '#16468b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16468b;
$custom-light: #6978ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16468b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.385,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40374,
    "c": 0.12591,
    "h": 258.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16468B

secondary

#BF8A3E

accent

#A438EF

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF4

border

#C7C8CE

text

#070910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16468B

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

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