#16468E#16468E

#16468E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.130 H 258.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16468E
RGB	rgb(22, 70, 142)
HSL	hsl(216, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(216, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 50.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.65, 12.45, -44.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.65, 46.08, 285.68°)
OKLab	oklab(40.61% -0.025 -0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(40.61% 0.13 258.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.4017, 6.5030, 26.4510)
Luminance	0.0650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16468E #8E5E16

analogous

#16828E #16468E #22168E

triadic

#16468E #8E1646 #468E16

tetradic

#16468E #8E1682 #8E5E16 #168E22

square

#16468E #8E1682 #8E5E16 #168E22

split-complementary

#16468E #8E2216 #828E16

monochromatic

#061224 #0E2C59 #16468E #1E60C3 #3D7FE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.13

#16468E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.30

#16468E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16468E

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16468E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16468E	1.00	9.13	2.30	9.13
#FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A4E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005763

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16468e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 70, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.130 258.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6978b0',
    500: '#16468e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16468e;
$custom-light: #6978b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16468e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40607,
    "c": 0.13014,
    "h": 258.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16468E

secondary

#C18D3F

accent

#A638F0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF5

border

#C7C8CF

text

#070910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16468E

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

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