#16233A#16233A

#16233A is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 25.7% C 0.047 H 261.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16233A
RGB	rgb(22, 35, 58)
HSL	hsl(218, 45%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(218, 62%, 23%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 39.7%, 0%, 77.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.70, 2.63, -16.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.70, 16.78, 279.03°)
OKLab	oklab(25.68% -0.0072 -0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(25.68% 0.047 261.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.6954, 1.6780, 4.2367)
Luminance	0.0168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16233A #3A2D16

analogous

#16353A #16233A #1B163A

triadic

#16233A #3A1623 #233A16

tetradic

#16233A #3A1635 #3A2D16 #163A1B

square

#16233A #3A1635 #3A2D16 #163A1B

split-complementary

#16233A #3A1B16 #353A16

monochromatic

#080D16 #080D16 #16233A #273E66 #385993

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.72

#16233A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34

#16233A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16233A

15.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16233A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16233A	1.00	15.72	1.34	15.72
#FFFFFF	15.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A253B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#16213A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#04282B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16233a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 35, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.7% 0.047 261.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#565d70',
    500: '#16233a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16233a;
$custom-light: #565d70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16233a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.333,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 15.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25679,
    "c": 0.0473,
    "h": 261.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16233A

secondary

#715D3B

accent

#A653D5

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9E9EC

border

#C5C5C7

text

#030407

muted

#78797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #16233A

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

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