#16409E#16409E

#16409E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.160 H 263.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16409E
RGB	rgb(22, 64, 158)
HSL	hsl(221, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(221, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 59.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.17, 23.12, -54.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.17, 59.57, 292.84°)
OKLab	oklab(40.64% -0.0194 -0.1588)
OKLCH	oklch(40.64% 0.16 263)
XYZ	xyz(8.3336, 6.3049, 33.1189)
Luminance	0.0631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16409E #9E7416

analogous

#16849E #16409E #30169E

triadic

#16409E #9E1640 #409E16

tetradic

#16409E #9E1684 #9E7416 #169E30

square

#16409E #9E1684 #9E7416 #169E30

split-complementary

#16409E #9E3016 #849E16

monochromatic

#071433 #0F2A68 #16409E #1D56D4 #4979E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.29

#16409E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#16409E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16409E

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16409E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16409E	1.00	9.29	2.26	9.29
#FFFFFF	9.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005868

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16409e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 64, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.160 263.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e74bb',
    500: '#16409e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16409e;
$custom-light: #6e74bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16409e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.471,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40636,
    "c": 0.15998,
    "h": 263
  },
  "luminance": 0.06306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16409E

secondary

#C7A049

accent

#B836F2

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#090812

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #16409E

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

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