#16217D#16217D

#16217D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.4% C 0.153 H 269.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16217D
RGB	rgb(22, 33, 125)
HSL	hsl(234, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(234, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.4%, 73.6%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.96, 31.17, -52.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.96, 61.32, 300.56°)
OKLab	oklab(31.42% -0.0023 -0.153)
OKLCH	oklch(31.42% 0.153 269.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.5751, 2.7384, 19.6855)
Luminance	0.0274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16217D #7D7216

analogous

#16557D #16217D #3F167D

triadic

#16217D #7D1621 #217D16

tetradic

#16217D #7D1655 #7D7216 #167D3F

square

#16217D #7D1655 #7D7216 #167D3F

split-complementary

#16217D #7D3F16 #557D16

monochromatic

#05071A #0D1349 #16217D #1F2FB1 #3244DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.57

#16217D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#16217D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16217D

13.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16217D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16217D	1.00	13.57	1.55	13.57
#FFFFFF	13.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003380

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00297B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003B4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16217d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 33, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.4% 0.153 269.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#685da4',
    500: '#16217d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16217d;
$custom-light: #685da4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16217d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.592,
    "s": 70.068,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31419,
    "c": 0.15299,
    "h": 269.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16217D

secondary

#B2A53D

accent

#DA3BED

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECE9F4

border

#C7C5CE

text

#07040F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16217D

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

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