#16228F#16228F

#16228F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.033; OKLCH L 33.6% C 0.175 H 268.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16228F
RGB	rgb(22, 34, 143)
HSL	hsl(234, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(234, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.6%, 76.2%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.20, 37.19, -60.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.20, 70.96, 301.60°)
OKLab	oklab(33.61% -0.0051 -0.1752)
OKLCH	oklch(33.61% 0.175 268.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.8591, 3.2971, 26.3089)
Luminance	0.0330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16228F #8F8316

analogous

#165E8F #16228F #47168F

triadic

#16228F #8F1622 #228F16

tetradic

#16228F #8F165E #8F8316 #168F47

square

#16228F #8F165E #8F8316 #168F47

split-complementary

#16228F #8F4716 #5E8F16

monochromatic

#060925 #0E155A #16228F #1E2FC4 #3E4EE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.65

#16228F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.66

#16228F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16228F

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16228F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16228F	1.00	12.65	1.66	12.65
#FFFFFF	12.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003992

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004257

Achromatopsia (no color)

#333333

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16228f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 34, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.6% 0.175 268.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d5eb1',
    500: '#16228f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16228f;
$custom-light: #6d5eb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16228f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.05,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33613,
    "c": 0.17523,
    "h": 268.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16228F

secondary

#C1B43F

accent

#DE38F0

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EDE9F6

border

#C8C5D0

text

#080411

muted

#7B7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #16228F

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

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