#16478C#16478C

#16478C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.126 H 258.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16478C
RGB	rgb(22, 71, 140)
HSL	hsl(215, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(215, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.3%, 49.3%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.81, 10.94, -42.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.81, 44.25, 284.31°)
OKLab	oklab(40.68% -0.0261 -0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(40.68% 0.126 258)
XYZ	xyz(7.3160, 6.5696, 25.6883)
Luminance	0.0657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16478C #8C5B16

analogous

#16828C #16478C #20168C

triadic

#16478C #8C1647 #478C16

tetradic

#16478C #8C1682 #8C5B16 #168C20

square

#16478C #8C1682 #8C5B16 #168C20

split-complementary

#16478C #8C2016 #828C16

monochromatic

#051122 #0E2C57 #16478C #1E62C1 #3C80E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.08

#16478C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#16478C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16478C

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16478C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16478C	1.00	9.08	2.31	9.08
#FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F4E8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00448B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005862

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16478c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 71, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.126 258.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6979ae',
    500: '#16478c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16478c;
$custom-light: #6979ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16478c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.085,
    "s": 72.84,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40683,
    "c": 0.12606,
    "h": 258
  },
  "luminance": 0.0657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16478C

secondary

#C08A3E

accent

#A338F0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF4

border

#C7C8CE

text

#070910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16478C

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

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