#144C9F#144C9F

#144C9F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.147 H 259.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#144C9F
RGB	rgb(20, 76, 159)
HSL	hsl(216, 78%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(216, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.4%, 52.2%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.60, 15.17, -49.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.60, 52.18, 286.90°)
OKLab	oklab(43.25% -0.028 -0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(43.25% 0.147 259)
XYZ	xyz(9.1286, 7.8196, 33.8224)
Luminance	0.0782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#144C9F #9F6714

analogous

#14929F #144C9F #21149F

triadic

#144C9F #9F144C #4C9F14

tetradic

#144C9F #9F1492 #9F6714 #149F21

square

#144C9F #9F1492 #9F6714 #149F21

split-complementary

#144C9F #9F2114 #929F14

monochromatic

#061832 #0D3269 #144C9F #1B66D5 #4687E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.19

#144C9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#144C9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #144C9F

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##144C9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##144C9F	1.00	8.19	2.56	8.19
#FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1256A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00499D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00606E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #144c9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 76, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.147 259.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d7dbc',
    500: '#144c9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #144c9f;
$custom-light: #6d7dbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#144c9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.827,
    "s": 77.654,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43251,
    "c": 0.14665,
    "h": 259
  },
  "luminance": 0.07821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#144C9F

secondary

#C89446

accent

#A734F4

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#080912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #144C9F

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

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