#16218F#16218F

#16218F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.5% C 0.176 H 268.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16218F
RGB	rgb(22, 33, 143)
HSL	hsl(235, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(235, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.6%, 76.9%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.98, 37.79, -60.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.98, 71.58, 301.87°)
OKLab	oklab(33.46% -0.0048 -0.1762)
OKLCH	oklch(33.46% 0.176 268.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.8310, 3.2408, 26.2995)
Luminance	0.0324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16218F #8F8416

analogous

#165E8F #16218F #47168F

triadic

#16218F #8F1621 #218F16

tetradic

#16218F #8F165E #8F8416 #168F47

square

#16218F #8F165E #8F8416 #168F47

split-complementary

#16218F #8F4716 #5E8F16

monochromatic

#060925 #0E155A #16218F #1E2DC4 #3E4DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.74

#16218F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.65

#16218F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16218F

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16218F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16218F	1.00	12.74	1.65	12.74
#FFFFFF	12.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003892

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004256

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16218f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 33, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.5% 0.176 268.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d5db1',
    500: '#16218f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16218f;
$custom-light: #6d5db1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16218f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.545,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33461,
    "c": 0.17623,
    "h": 268.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16218F

secondary

#C1B63F

accent

#DF38F0

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EDE9F6

border

#C8C5D0

text

#080411

muted

#7B7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #16218F

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

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