#16208E#16208E

#16208E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.176 H 268.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16208E
RGB	rgb(22, 32, 142)
HSL	hsl(235, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(235, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 77.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.66, 38.03, -60.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.66, 71.63, 302.06°)
OKLab	oklab(33.2% -0.0043 -0.1759)
OKLCH	oklch(33.2% 0.176 268.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.7282, 3.1559, 25.8932)
Luminance	0.0316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16208E #8E8416

analogous

#165C8E #16208E #48168E

triadic

#16208E #8E1620 #208E16

tetradic

#16208E #8E165C #8E8416 #168E48

square

#16208E #8E165C #8E8416 #168E48

split-complementary

#16208E #8E4816 #5C8E16

monochromatic

#060824 #0E1459 #16208E #1E2CC3 #3D4BE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.87

#16208E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#16208E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16208E

12.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16208E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16208E	1.00	12.87	1.63	12.87
#FFFFFF	12.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003891

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004156

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16208e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 32, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.176 268.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d5db0',
    500: '#16208e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16208e;
$custom-light: #6d5db0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16208e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33196,
    "c": 0.17597,
    "h": 268.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16208E

secondary

#C1B63F

accent

#E138F0

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EDE9F6

border

#C8C5D0

text

#080411

muted

#7B7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #16208E

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

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