#16468D#16468D

#16468D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.129 H 258.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16468D
RGB	rgb(22, 70, 141)
HSL	hsl(216, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(216, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 50.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.58, 12.04, -43.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.58, 45.49, 285.35°)
OKLab	oklab(40.53% -0.0252 -0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(40.53% 0.129 258.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.3270, 6.4731, 26.0574)
Luminance	0.0647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16468D #8D5D16

analogous

#16828D #16468D #21168D

triadic

#16468D #8D1646 #468D16

tetradic

#16468D #8D1682 #8D5D16 #168D21

square

#16468D #8D1682 #8D5D16 #168D21

split-complementary

#16468D #8D2116 #828D16

monochromatic

#051123 #0E2C58 #16468D #1E60C2 #3D7FE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.15

#16468D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#16468D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16468D

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16468D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16468D	1.00	9.15	2.29	9.15
#FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B4E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005762

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16468d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 70, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.129 258.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6978af',
    500: '#16468d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16468d;
$custom-light: #6978af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16468d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.798,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40529,
    "c": 0.12873,
    "h": 258.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.06474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16468D

secondary

#C18C3E

accent

#A638F0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF4

border

#C7C8CE

text

#070910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16468D

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

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