#16489D#16489D

#16489D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.072; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.148 H 260.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16489D
RGB	rgb(22, 72, 157)
HSL	hsl(218, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(218, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86%, 54.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.34, 17.23, -50.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.34, 53.60, 288.75°)
OKLab	oklab(42.26% -0.0245 -0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(42.26% 0.149 260.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.7318, 7.2385, 32.8287)
Luminance	0.0724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16489D #9D6B16

analogous

#168B9D #16489D #28169D

triadic

#16489D #9D1648 #489D16

tetradic

#16489D #9D168B #9D6B16 #169D28

square

#16489D #9D168B #9D6B16 #169D28

split-complementary

#16489D #9D2816 #8B9D16

monochromatic

#071732 #0E2F67 #16489D #1E61D3 #4882E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.58

#16489D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#16489D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16489D

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16489D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16489D	1.00	8.58	2.45	8.58
#FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0152A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00469B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16489d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 72, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.148 260.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d7abb',
    500: '#16489d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16489d;
$custom-light: #6d7abb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16489d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.778,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42255,
    "c": 0.1485,
    "h": 260.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16489D

secondary

#C79848

accent

#AC36F2

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#080912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #16489D

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

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