#16488E#16488E

#16488E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.068; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.128 H 258.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16488E
RGB	rgb(22, 72, 142)
HSL	hsl(215, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(215, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 49.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.25, 11.08, -43.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.25, 44.79, 284.32°)
OKLab	oklab(41.07% -0.0266 -0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(41.07% 0.128 258)
XYZ	xyz(7.5289, 6.7574, 26.4934)
Luminance	0.0676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16488E #8E5C16

analogous

#16848E #16488E #20168E

triadic

#16488E #8E1648 #488E16

tetradic

#16488E #8E1684 #8E5C16 #168E20

square

#16488E #8E1684 #8E5C16 #168E20

split-complementary

#16488E #8E2016 #848E16

monochromatic

#061224 #0E2D59 #16488E #1E63C3 #3D82E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.93

#16488E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.35

#16488E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16488E

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16488E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16488E	1.00	8.93	2.35	8.93
#FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F4F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00448D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005964

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16488e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 72, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.128 258.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#697ab0',
    500: '#16488e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16488e;
$custom-light: #697ab0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16488e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41068,
    "c": 0.12761,
    "h": 258
  },
  "luminance": 0.06758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16488E

secondary

#C18B3F

accent

#A338F0

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEDF5

border

#C7C8CF

text

#070910

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16488E

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

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