#16227A#16227A

#16227A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.3% C 0.148 H 269.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16227A
RGB	rgb(22, 34, 122)
HSL	hsl(233, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(233, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82%, 72.1%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.88, 29.37, -51.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.88, 58.88, 299.92°)
OKLab	oklab(31.26% -0.0024 -0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(31.26% 0.148 269.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.4145, 2.7193, 18.7008)
Luminance	0.0272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16227A #7A6E16

analogous

#16547A #16227A #3C167A

triadic

#16227A #7A1622 #227A16

tetradic

#16227A #7A1654 #7A6E16 #167A3C

square

#16227A #7A1654 #7A6E16 #167A3C

split-complementary

#16227A #7A3C16 #547A16

monochromatic

#05071A #0D1446 #16227A #1F30AE #3145DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.60

#16227A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#16227A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16227A

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16227A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16227A	1.00	13.60	1.54	13.60
#FFFFFF	13.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003A4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16227a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 34, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.3% 0.148 269.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#675da1',
    500: '#16227a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16227a;
$custom-light: #675da1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16227a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.8,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31264,
    "c": 0.14781,
    "h": 269.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16227A

secondary

#AFA13D

accent

#D73CEC

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#EBE9F3

border

#C6C5CD

text

#07040F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16227A

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

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