#16478D#16478D

#16478D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.127 H 258.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16478D
RGB	rgb(22, 71, 141)
HSL	hsl(215, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(215, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 49.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.88, 11.35, -43.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.88, 44.84, 284.66°)
OKLab	oklab(40.76% -0.026 -0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(40.76% 0.127 258.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.3901, 6.5992, 26.0784)
Luminance	0.0660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16478D #8D5C16

analogous

#16838D #16478D #21168D

triadic

#16478D #8D1647 #478D16

tetradic

#16478D #8D1683 #8D5C16 #168D21

square

#16478D #8D1683 #8D5C16 #168D21

split-complementary

#16478D #8D2116 #838D16

monochromatic

#051223 #0E2C58 #16478D #1E62C2 #3D80E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.05

#16478D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.32

#16478D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16478D

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16478D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16478D	1.00	9.05	2.32	9.05
#FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E4E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00448C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005863

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16478d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 71, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.127 258.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6979af',
    500: '#16478d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16478d;
$custom-light: #6979af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16478d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.294,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4076,
    "c": 0.12747,
    "h": 258.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16478D

secondary

#C18B3E

accent

#A438F0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF4

border

#C7C8CE

text

#070910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16478D

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

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