#16227E#16227E

#16227E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.7% C 0.153 H 268.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16227E
RGB	rgb(22, 34, 126)
HSL	hsl(233, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(233, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 73%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.31, 30.90, -52.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.31, 61.24, 300.30°)
OKLab	oklab(31.7% -0.0029 -0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(31.7% 0.153 268.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.6675, 2.8204, 20.0330)
Luminance	0.0282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16227E #7E7216

analogous

#16567E #16227E #3E167E

triadic

#16227E #7E1622 #227E16

tetradic

#16227E #7E1656 #7E7216 #167E3E

square

#16227E #7E1656 #7E7216 #167E3E

split-complementary

#16227E #7E3E16 #567E16

monochromatic

#05071A #0D144A #16227E #1F30B2 #3346DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.43

#16227E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#16227E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16227E

13.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16227E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16227E	1.00	13.43	1.56	13.43
#FFFFFF	13.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003481

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003C4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16227e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 34, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.7% 0.153 268.9);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16227e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.077,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31701,
    "c": 0.15319,
    "h": 268.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16227E

secondary

#B3A53D

accent

#D83BED

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECE9F4

border

#C7C5CE

text

#07040F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16227E

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

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