#16216E#16216E

#16216E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.8% C 0.132 H 269.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16216E
RGB	rgb(22, 33, 110)
HSL	hsl(233, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(233, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 70%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.38, 25.38, -45.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.38, 52.33, 299.01°)
OKLab	oklab(29.8% -0.0008 -0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(29.8% 0.132 269.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.6882, 2.3837, 15.0145)
Luminance	0.0238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16216E #6E6316

analogous

#164D6E #16216E #37166E

triadic

#16216E #6E1621 #216E16

tetradic

#16216E #6E164D #6E6316 #166E37

square

#16216E #6E164D #6E6316 #166E37

split-complementary

#16216E #6E3716 #4D6E16

monochromatic

#05081A #0C123B #16216E #2030A1 #2A40D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.22

#16216E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#16216E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16216E

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16216E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16216E	1.00	14.22	1.48	14.22
#FFFFFF	14.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00276D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003644

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16216e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 33, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.8% 0.132 269.7);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16216e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.5,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29798,
    "c": 0.13244,
    "h": 269.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16216E

secondary

#A4973C

accent

#D43EEA

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06040E

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16216E

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

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