#16223E#16223E

#16223E is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 25.7% C 0.056 H 265.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16223E
RGB	rgb(22, 34, 62)
HSL	hsl(222, 48%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(222, 65%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 45.2%, 0%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.60, 4.98, -19.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.60, 20.15, 284.29°)
OKLab	oklab(25.69% -0.0046 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(25.69% 0.056 265.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.7721, 1.6623, 4.7840)
Luminance	0.0166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16223E #3E3216

analogous

#16363E #16223E #1E163E

triadic

#16223E #3E1622 #223E16

tetradic

#16223E #3E1636 #3E3216 #163E1E

square

#16223E #3E1636 #3E3216 #163E1E

split-complementary

#16223E #3E1E16 #363E16

monochromatic

#080C17 #080C17 #16223E #263B6B #365498

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.76

#16223E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.33

#16223E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16223E

15.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16223E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16223E	1.00	15.76	1.33	15.76
#FFFFFF	15.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#16253F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#11213D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#01282D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16223e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 34, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.7% 0.056 265.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#575c73',
    500: '#16223e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16223e;
$custom-light: #575c73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16223e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25689,
    "c": 0.05559,
    "h": 265.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16223E

secondary

#75643B

accent

#AF51D7

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9E9ED

border

#C5C5C8

text

#030408

muted

#78797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16223E

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

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