#16235A#16235A

#16235A is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.2% C 0.100 H 269.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16235A
RGB	rgb(22, 35, 90)
HSL	hsl(229, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(229, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 61.1%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.06, 15.82, -34.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.06, 38.19, 294.47°)
OKLab	oklab(28.24% -0.0018 -0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(28.24% 0.1 269)
XYZ	xyz(2.7767, 2.1105, 9.9319)
Luminance	0.0211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16235A #5A4D16

analogous

#16455A #16235A #2B165A

triadic

#16235A #5A1623 #235A16

tetradic

#16235A #5A1645 #5A4D16 #165A2B

square

#16235A #5A1645 #5A4D16 #165A2B

split-complementary

#16235A #5A2B16 #455A16

monochromatic

#060A19 #0A1029 #16235A #22368B #2E49BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.77

#16235A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#16235A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16235A

14.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16235A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16235A	1.00	14.77	1.42	14.77
#FFFFFF	14.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00303A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16235a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 35, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.2% 0.100 269.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e5d89',
    500: '#16235a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16235a;
$custom-light: #5e5d89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16235a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.529,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28235,
    "c": 0.10016,
    "h": 269
  },
  "luminance": 0.02111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16235A

secondary

#91813B

accent

#C544E4

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#E9E9F0

border

#C5C5CB

text

#05040B

muted

#79797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #16235A

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

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