#16217E#16217E

#16217E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.5% C 0.154 H 269.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16217E
RGB	rgb(22, 33, 126)
HSL	hsl(234, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(234, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 73.8%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.07, 31.55, -53.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.07, 61.91, 300.64°)
OKLab	oklab(31.53% -0.0024 -0.1543)
OKLCH	oklch(31.53% 0.154 269.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.6393, 2.7641, 20.0236)
Luminance	0.0277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16217E #7E7316

analogous

#16557E #16217E #3F167E

triadic

#16217E #7E1621 #217E16

tetradic

#16217E #7E1655 #7E7316 #167E3F

square

#16217E #7E1655 #7E7316 #167E3F

split-complementary

#16217E #7E3F16 #557E16

monochromatic

#05071A #0D134A #16217E #1F2FB2 #3345DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.52

#16217E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#16217E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16217E

13.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16217E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16217E	1.00	13.52	1.55	13.52
#FFFFFF	13.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003381

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00297C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003B4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16217e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 33, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.5% 0.154 269.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16217e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.654,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3153,
    "c": 0.15432,
    "h": 269.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16217E

secondary

#B3A63D

accent

#DA3BED

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECE9F4

border

#C7C5CE

text

#07040F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16217E

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

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