#16218D#16218D

#16218D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.174 H 268.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16218D
RGB	rgb(22, 33, 141)
HSL	hsl(234, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(234, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 76.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.75, 37.07, -59.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.75, 70.46, 301.74°)
OKLab	oklab(33.23% -0.0045 -0.1737)
OKLCH	oklch(33.23% 0.174 268.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.6808, 3.1807, 25.5087)
Luminance	0.0318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16218D #8D8216

analogous

#165D8D #16218D #47168D

triadic

#16218D #8D1621 #218D16

tetradic

#16218D #8D165D #8D8216 #168D47

square

#16218D #8D165D #8D8216 #168D47

split-complementary

#16218D #8D4716 #5D8D16

monochromatic

#050823 #0E1558 #16218D #1E2DC2 #3D4CE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.83

#16218D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#16218D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16218D

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16218D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16218D	1.00	12.83	1.64	12.83
#FFFFFF	12.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003890

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004155

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16218d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 33, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.174 268.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c5db0',
    500: '#16218d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16218d;
$custom-light: #6c5db0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16218d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.454,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3323,
    "c": 0.17372,
    "h": 268.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16218D

secondary

#C1B43E

accent

#DF38F0

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EDE9F6

border

#C8C5D0

text

#080411

muted

#7B7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #16218D

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

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