#16206D#16206D

#16206D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.132 H 270.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16206D
RGB	rgb(22, 32, 109)
HSL	hsl(233, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(233, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 70.6%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.02, 25.68, -45.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.02, 52.43, 299.33°)
OKLab	oklab(29.51% -0.0001 -0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(29.51% 0.132 270)
XYZ	xyz(3.6068, 2.3073, 14.7203)
Luminance	0.0231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16206D #6D6316

analogous

#164B6D #16206D #37166D

triadic

#16206D #6D1620 #206D16

tetradic

#16206D #6D164B #6D6316 #166D37

square

#16206D #6D164B #6D6316 #166D37

split-complementary

#16206D #6D3716 #4B6D16

monochromatic

#050719 #0C113A #16206D #202FA0 #2B3ED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.37

#16206D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#16206D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16206D

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16206D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16206D	1.00	14.37	1.46	14.37
#FFFFFF	14.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00266C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003543

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16206d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 32, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.132 270.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635b98',
    500: '#16206d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16206d;
$custom-light: #635b98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16206d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.103,
    "s": 66.412,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29505,
    "c": 0.13227,
    "h": 270
  },
  "luminance": 0.02308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16206D

secondary

#A3973C

accent

#D63EE9

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06040E

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16206D

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

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