#16227F#16227F

#16227F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.8% C 0.155 H 268.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16227F
RGB	rgb(22, 34, 127)
HSL	hsl(233, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(233, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 73.2%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.42, 31.28, -53.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.42, 61.83, 300.39°)
OKLab	oklab(31.81% -0.003 -0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(31.81% 0.155 268.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.7323, 2.8464, 20.3746)
Luminance	0.0285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16227F #7F7316

analogous

#16577F #16227F #3F167F

triadic

#16227F #7F1622 #227F16

tetradic

#16227F #7F1657 #7F7316 #167F3F

square

#16227F #7F1657 #7F7316 #167F3F

split-complementary

#16227F #7F3F16 #577F16

monochromatic

#05071A #0D144B #16227F #1F30B3 #3447DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.38

#16227F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#16227F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16227F

13.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16227F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16227F	1.00	13.38	1.57	13.38
#FFFFFF	13.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003482

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003C4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16227f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 34, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.8% 0.155 268.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#685da5',
    500: '#16227f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16227f;
$custom-light: #685da5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16227f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.143,
    "s": 70.47,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31811,
    "c": 0.15452,
    "h": 268.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16227F

secondary

#B4A63D

accent

#D93BED

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECE9F4

border

#C7C5CE

text

#07040F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16227F

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

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