#16216A#16216A

#16216A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.4% C 0.127 H 269.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16216A
RGB	rgb(22, 33, 106)
HSL	hsl(232, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(232, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 68.9%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.98, 23.79, -43.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.98, 49.87, 298.50°)
OKLab	oklab(29.38% -0.0005 -0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(29.38% 0.127 269.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.4754, 2.2985, 13.8934)
Luminance	0.0230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16216A #6A5F16

analogous

#164B6A #16216A #35166A

triadic

#16216A #6A1621 #216A16

tetradic

#16216A #6A164B #6A5F16 #166A35

square

#16216A #6A164B #6A5F16 #166A35

split-complementary

#16216A #6A3516 #4B6A16

monochromatic

#050819 #0B1137 #16216A #21319D #2B41CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.39

#16216A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#16216A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16216A

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16216A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16216A	1.00	14.39	1.46	14.39
#FFFFFF	14.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002669

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003442

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16216a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 33, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.4% 0.127 269.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#625c95',
    500: '#16216a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16216a;
$custom-light: #625c95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16216a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.143,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29381,
    "c": 0.12675,
    "h": 269.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16216A

secondary

#A0933B

accent

#D23FE9

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06040D

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16216A

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

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