#16227D#16227D

#16227D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.152 H 269.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16227D
RGB	rgb(22, 34, 125)
HSL	hsl(233, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(233, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.4%, 72.8%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.20, 30.52, -52.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.20, 60.65, 300.21°)
OKLab	oklab(31.59% -0.0028 -0.1518)
OKLCH	oklch(31.59% 0.152 269)
XYZ	xyz(4.6033, 2.7948, 19.6949)
Luminance	0.0279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16227D #7D7116

analogous

#16567D #16227D #3E167D

triadic

#16227D #7D1622 #227D16

tetradic

#16227D #7D1656 #7D7116 #167D3E

square

#16227D #7D1656 #7D7116 #167D3E

split-complementary

#16227D #7D3E16 #567D16

monochromatic

#05071A #0D1449 #16227D #1F30B1 #3246DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.47

#16227D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#16227D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16227D

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16227D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16227D	1.00	13.47	1.56	13.47
#FFFFFF	13.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003C4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16227d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 34, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.152 269.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#685da4',
    500: '#16227d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16227d;
$custom-light: #685da4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16227d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.01,
    "s": 70.068,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31591,
    "c": 0.15186,
    "h": 269
  },
  "luminance": 0.02795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16227D

secondary

#B2A43D

accent

#D83BED

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECE9F4

border

#C7C5CE

text

#07040F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16227D

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

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