#16227B#16227B

#16227B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.4% C 0.149 H 269.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16227B
RGB	rgb(22, 34, 123)
HSL	hsl(233, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(233, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.1%, 72.4%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.99, 29.76, -51.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.99, 59.47, 300.02°)
OKLab	oklab(31.37% -0.0026 -0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(31.37% 0.149 269)
XYZ	xyz(4.4768, 2.7442, 19.0288)
Luminance	0.0274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16227B #7B6F16

analogous

#16547B #16227B #3C167B

triadic

#16227B #7B1622 #227B16

tetradic

#16227B #7B1654 #7B6F16 #167B3C

square

#16227B #7B1654 #7B6F16 #167B3C

split-complementary

#16227B #7B3C16 #547B16

monochromatic

#05071A #0D1447 #16227B #1F30AF #3145DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.56

#16227B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#16227B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16227B

13.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16227B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16227B	1.00	13.56	1.55	13.56
#FFFFFF	13.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002979

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003B4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16227b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 34, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.4% 0.149 269.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#675da2',
    500: '#16227b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16227b;
$custom-light: #675da2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16227b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.871,
    "s": 69.655,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31373,
    "c": 0.14916,
    "h": 269
  },
  "luminance": 0.02745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16227B

secondary

#B0A23D

accent

#D73BEC

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#EBE9F4

border

#C6C5CE

text

#07040F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16227B

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

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