#16216C#16216C

#16216C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.6% C 0.130 H 269.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16216C
RGB	rgb(22, 33, 108)
HSL	hsl(232, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(232, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.6%, 69.4%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.18, 24.59, -44.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.18, 51.10, 298.76°)
OKLab	oklab(29.59% -0.0006 -0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(29.59% 0.13 269.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.5806, 2.3406, 14.4475)
Luminance	0.0234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16216C #6C6116

analogous

#164C6C #16216C #36166C

triadic

#16216C #6C1621 #216C16

tetradic

#16216C #6C164C #6C6116 #166C36

square

#16216C #6C164C #6C6116 #166C36

split-complementary

#16216C #6C3616 #4C6C16

monochromatic

#050819 #0C1139 #16216C #20319F #2B40D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.30

#16216C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#16216C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16216C

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16216C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16216C	1.00	14.30	1.47	14.30
#FFFFFF	14.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00266B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003543

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16216c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 33, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.6% 0.130 269.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635c97',
    500: '#16216c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16216c;
$custom-light: #635c97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16216c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.326,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29589,
    "c": 0.12961,
    "h": 269.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16216C

secondary

#A2953C

accent

#D33FE9

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06040D

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16216C

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

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