#16217F#16217F

#16217F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.156 H 269.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16217F
RGB	rgb(22, 33, 127)
HSL	hsl(234, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(234, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 74%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.18, 31.93, -53.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.18, 62.49, 300.73°)
OKLab	oklab(31.64% -0.0026 -0.1556)
OKLCH	oklch(31.64% 0.156 269.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.7042, 2.7900, 20.3652)
Luminance	0.0279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16217F #7F7416

analogous

#16567F #16217F #40167F

triadic

#16217F #7F1621 #217F16

tetradic

#16217F #7F1656 #7F7416 #167F40

square

#16217F #7F1656 #7F7416 #167F40

split-complementary

#16217F #7F4016 #567F16

monochromatic

#05071A #0D134B #16217F #1F2FB3 #3445DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.48

#16217F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#16217F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16217F

13.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16217F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16217F	1.00	13.48	1.56	13.48
#FFFFFF	13.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003482

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00297D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003C4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16217f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 33, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.156 269.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#685da5',
    500: '#16217f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16217f;
$custom-light: #685da5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16217f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.714,
    "s": 70.47,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31642,
    "c": 0.15564,
    "h": 269.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16217F

secondary

#B4A73D

accent

#DB3BED

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECE9F4

border

#C7C5CE

text

#07040F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16217F

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

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