#16217B#16217B

#16217B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.2% C 0.150 H 269.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16217B
RGB	rgb(22, 33, 123)
HSL	hsl(233, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(233, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.1%, 73.2%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.75, 30.42, -51.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.75, 60.15, 300.38°)
OKLab	oklab(31.2% -0.0021 -0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(31.2% 0.15 269.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.4487, 2.6878, 19.0194)
Luminance	0.0269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16217B #7B7016

analogous

#16537B #16217B #3D167B

triadic

#16217B #7B1621 #217B16

tetradic

#16217B #7B1653 #7B7016 #167B3D

square

#16217B #7B1653 #7B7016 #167B3D

split-complementary

#16217B #7B3D16 #537B16

monochromatic

#05071A #0D1347 #16217B #1F2FAF #3144DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.66

#16217B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#16217B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16217B

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16217B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16217B	1.00	13.66	1.54	13.66
#FFFFFF	13.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002979

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003A4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16217b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 33, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.2% 0.150 269.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#675ca2',
    500: '#16217b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16217b;
$custom-light: #675ca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16217b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.465,
    "s": 69.655,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31199,
    "c": 0.15031,
    "h": 269.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16217B

secondary

#B0A43D

accent

#D93BEC

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECE9F4

border

#C7C5CE

text

#07040F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16217B

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

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