#16218E#16218E

#16218E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.3% C 0.175 H 268.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16218E
RGB	rgb(22, 33, 142)
HSL	hsl(235, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(235, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 76.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.87, 37.43, -60.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.87, 71.02, 301.80°)
OKLab	oklab(33.35% -0.0046 -0.1749)
OKLCH	oklch(33.35% 0.175 268.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.7555, 3.2106, 25.9023)
Luminance	0.0321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16218E #8E8316

analogous

#165D8E #16218E #47168E

triadic

#16218E #8E1621 #218E16

tetradic

#16218E #8E165D #8E8316 #168E47

square

#16218E #8E165D #8E8316 #168E47

split-complementary

#16218E #8E4716 #5D8E16

monochromatic

#060824 #0E1559 #16218E #1E2DC3 #3D4CE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.79

#16218E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#16218E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16218E

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16218E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16218E	1.00	12.79	1.64	12.79
#FFFFFF	12.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003891

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004156

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16218e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 33, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.3% 0.175 268.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d5db0',
    500: '#16218e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16218e;
$custom-light: #6d5db0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16218e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33345,
    "c": 0.17498,
    "h": 268.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16218E

secondary

#C1B53F

accent

#DF38F0

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EDE9F6

border

#C8C5D0

text

#080411

muted

#7B7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #16218E

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

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