#16429E#16429E

#16429E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.157 H 262.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16429E
RGB	rgb(22, 66, 158)
HSL	hsl(221, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(221, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 58.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.72, 21.75, -54.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.72, 58.21, 291.94°)
OKLab	oklab(41.05% -0.0205 -0.1561)
OKLCH	oklch(41.05% 0.157 262.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.4484, 6.5346, 33.1571)
Luminance	0.0654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16429E #9E7216

analogous

#16869E #16429E #2E169E

triadic

#16429E #9E1642 #429E16

tetradic

#16429E #9E1686 #9E7216 #169E2E

square

#16429E #9E1686 #9E7216 #169E2E

split-complementary

#16429E #9E2E16 #869E16

monochromatic

#071533 #0F2C68 #16429E #1D58D4 #497CE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.10

#16429E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.31

#16429E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16429E

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16429E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16429E	1.00	9.10	2.31	9.10
#FFFFFF	9.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00429C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005969

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16429e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 66, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.157 262.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e75bb',
    500: '#16429e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16429e;
$custom-light: #6e75bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16429e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.588,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41052,
    "c": 0.15746,
    "h": 262.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16429E

secondary

#C79E49

accent

#B536F2

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#090812

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #16429E

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

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