#16468C#16468C

#16468C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.127 H 258.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16468C
RGB	rgb(22, 70, 140)
HSL	hsl(216, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(216, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.3%, 50%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.50, 11.63, -43.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.50, 44.90, 285.01°)
OKLab	oklab(40.45% -0.0254 -0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(40.45% 0.127 258.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.2529, 6.4435, 25.6673)
Luminance	0.0644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16468C #8C5C16

analogous

#16818C #16468C #21168C

triadic

#16468C #8C1646 #468C16

tetradic

#16468C #8C1681 #8C5C16 #168C21

square

#16468C #8C1681 #8C5C16 #168C21

split-complementary

#16468C #8C2116 #818C16

monochromatic

#051122 #0E2C57 #16468C #1E60C1 #3C7FE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.18

#16468C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#16468C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16468C

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16468C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16468C	1.00	9.18	2.29	9.18
#FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D4D8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005762

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16468c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 70, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.127 258.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6978ae',
    500: '#16468c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16468c;
$custom-light: #6978ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16468c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.593,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40451,
    "c": 0.12732,
    "h": 258.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16468C

secondary

#C08B3E

accent

#A538F0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF4

border

#C7C8CE

text

#070910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16468C

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →