#16216F#16216F

#16216F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.9% C 0.134 H 269.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16216F
RGB	rgb(22, 33, 111)
HSL	hsl(233, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(233, 80%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.2%, 70.3%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.49, 25.77, -46.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.49, 52.95, 299.13°)
OKLab	oklab(29.9% -0.0008 -0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(29.9% 0.134 269.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.7430, 2.4056, 15.3029)
Luminance	0.0241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#16216F #6F6416

analogous

#164D6F #16216F #37166F

triadic

#16216F #6F1621 #216F16

tetradic

#16216F #6F164D #6F6416 #166F37

square

#16216F #6F164D #6F6416 #166F37

split-complementary

#16216F #6F3716 #4D6F16

monochromatic

#05081A #0C123C #16216F #2030A2 #2B40D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.18

#16216F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#16216F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16216F

14.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16216F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16216F	1.00	14.18	1.48	14.18
#FFFFFF	14.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00276E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003645

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16216f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 33, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.9% 0.134 269.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#645c99',
    500: '#16216f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16216f;
$custom-light: #645c99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16216f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.584,
    "s": 66.917,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29903,
    "c": 0.13385,
    "h": 269.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16216F

secondary

#A5983C

accent

#D53EEA

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06040E

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16216F

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

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