#16216B#16216B

#16216B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.128 H 269.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16216B
RGB	rgb(22, 33, 107)
HSL	hsl(232, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(232, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.4%, 69.2%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.08, 24.19, -44.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.08, 50.49, 298.63°)
OKLab	oklab(29.49% -0.0005 -0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(29.49% 0.128 269.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.5277, 2.3194, 14.1688)
Luminance	0.0232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16216B #6B6016

analogous

#164B6B #16216B #35166B

triadic

#16216B #6B1621 #216B16

tetradic

#16216B #6B164B #6B6016 #166B35

square

#16216B #6B164B #6B6016 #166B35

split-complementary

#16216B #6B3516 #4B6B16

monochromatic

#050819 #0C1138 #16216B #20319E #2B40D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.34

#16216B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#16216B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16216B

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16216B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16216B	1.00	14.34	1.46	14.34
#FFFFFF	14.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00266A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003542

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16216b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 33, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.128 269.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635c96',
    500: '#16216b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16216b;
$custom-light: #635c96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16216b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.235,
    "s": 65.891,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29485,
    "c": 0.12818,
    "h": 269.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16216B

secondary

#A1943B

accent

#D33FE9

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06040D

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16216B

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

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