#16478F#16478F

#16478F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.130 H 258.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16478F
RGB	rgb(22, 71, 143)
HSL	hsl(216, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(216, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.6%, 50.3%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.02, 12.18, -44.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.02, 46.02, 285.34°)
OKLab	oklab(40.91% -0.0257 -0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(40.91% 0.13 258.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.5402, 6.6593, 26.8692)
Luminance	0.0666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16478F #8F5E16

analogous

#16848F #16478F #21168F

triadic

#16478F #8F1647 #478F16

tetradic

#16478F #8F1684 #8F5E16 #168F21

square

#16478F #8F1684 #8F5E16 #168F21

split-complementary

#16478F #8F2116 #848F16

monochromatic

#061225 #0E2D5A #16478F #1E61C4 #3E80E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.01

#16478F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#16478F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16478F

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16478F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16478F	1.00	9.01	2.33	9.01
#FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B4F92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00448E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005864

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16478f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 71, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.130 258.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a79b0',
    500: '#16478f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16478f;
$custom-light: #6a79b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16478f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.702,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40914,
    "c": 0.13028,
    "h": 258.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16478F

secondary

#C18D3F

accent

#A538F0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF5

border

#C7C8CF

text

#080910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16478F

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

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