#16439E#16439E

#16439E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.156 H 262.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16439E
RGB	rgb(22, 67, 158)
HSL	hsl(220, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(220, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 57.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.00, 21.07, -53.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.00, 57.54, 291.48°)
OKLab	oklab(41.26% -0.0212 -0.1548)
OKLCH	oklch(41.26% 0.156 262.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.5074, 6.6524, 33.1768)
Luminance	0.0665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16439E #9E7116

analogous

#16879E #16439E #2D169E

triadic

#16439E #9E1643 #439E16

tetradic

#16439E #9E1687 #9E7116 #169E2D

square

#16439E #9E1687 #9E7116 #169E2D

split-complementary

#16439E #9E2D16 #879E16

monochromatic

#071533 #0F2C68 #16439E #1D5AD4 #497DE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.01

#16439E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#16439E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16439E

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16439E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16439E	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)

#004FA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00439C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16439e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 67, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.156 262.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e76bb',
    500: '#16439e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16439e;
$custom-light: #6e76bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16439e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.147,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41263,
    "c": 0.1562,
    "h": 262.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16439E

secondary

#C79D49

accent

#B436F2

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#090812

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #16439E

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

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