#16233E#16233E

#16233E is a dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.0% C 0.054 H 263.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16233E
RGB	rgb(22, 35, 62)
HSL	hsl(221, 48%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(221, 65%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 43.5%, 0%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.95, 4.23, -18.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.95, 19.46, 282.55°)
OKLab	oklab(25.95% -0.006 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(25.95% 0.054 263.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.8011, 1.7203, 4.7936)
Luminance	0.0172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16233E #3E3116

analogous

#16373E #16233E #1D163E

triadic

#16233E #3E1623 #233E16

tetradic

#16233E #3E1637 #3E3116 #163E1D

square

#16233E #3E1637 #3E3116 #163E1D

split-complementary

#16233E #3E1D16 #373E16

monochromatic

#080D17 #080D17 #16233E #263D6B #365698

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.62

#16233E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34

#16233E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16233E

15.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16233E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16233E	1.00	15.62	1.34	15.62
#FFFFFF	15.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#18253F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#13223D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#01292D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16233e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 35, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.0% 0.054 263.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#575d73',
    500: '#16233e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16233e;
$custom-light: #575d73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16233e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25952,
    "c": 0.05415,
    "h": 263.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16233E

secondary

#75623B

accent

#AB51D7

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9E9ED

border

#C5C5C8

text

#030408

muted

#78797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #16233E

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

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