#16216D#16216D

#16216D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.7% C 0.131 H 269.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16216D
RGB	rgb(22, 33, 109)
HSL	hsl(232, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(232, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 69.7%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.28, 24.98, -45.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.28, 51.72, 298.89°)
OKLab	oklab(29.69% -0.0007 -0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(29.69% 0.131 269.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.6341, 2.3620, 14.7294)
Luminance	0.0236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16216D #6D6216

analogous

#164C6D #16216D #36166D

triadic

#16216D #6D1621 #216D16

tetradic

#16216D #6D164C #6D6216 #166D36

square

#16216D #6D164C #6D6216 #166D36

split-complementary

#16216D #6D3616 #4C6D16

monochromatic

#050819 #0C123A #16216D #2030A0 #2B40D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.26

#16216D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#16216D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16216D

14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16216D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16216D	1.00	14.26	1.47	14.26
#FFFFFF	14.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00266C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003544

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16216d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 33, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.7% 0.131 269.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635c98',
    500: '#16216d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16216d;
$custom-light: #635c98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16216d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.414,
    "s": 66.412,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29693,
    "c": 0.13103,
    "h": 269.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16216D

secondary

#A3963C

accent

#D43EE9

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06040E

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16216D

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

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