#16478E#16478E

#16478E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.066; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.129 H 258.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16478E
RGB	rgb(22, 71, 142)
HSL	hsl(216, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(216, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 50%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.95, 11.76, -43.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.95, 45.43, 285.01°)
OKLab	oklab(40.84% -0.0258 -0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(40.84% 0.129 258.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.4648, 6.6291, 26.4721)
Luminance	0.0663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16478E #8E5D16

analogous

#16838E #16478E #21168E

triadic

#16478E #8E1647 #478E16

tetradic

#16478E #8E1683 #8E5D16 #168E21

square

#16478E #8E1683 #8E5D16 #168E21

split-complementary

#16478E #8E2116 #838E16

monochromatic

#061224 #0E2D59 #16478E #1E61C3 #3D80E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.03

#16478E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#16478E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16478E

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16478E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16478E	1.00	9.03	2.33	9.03
#FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D4F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00448D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005863

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16478e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 71, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.129 258.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6979b0',
    500: '#16478e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16478e;
$custom-light: #6979b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16478e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40837,
    "c": 0.12887,
    "h": 258.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16478E

secondary

#C18C3F

accent

#A538F0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF5

border

#C7C8CF

text

#070910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16478E

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

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