#16236A#16236A

#16236A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.8% C 0.124 H 269.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16236A
RGB	rgb(22, 35, 106)
HSL	hsl(231, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(231, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 67%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.52, 22.38, -42.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.52, 48.42, 297.52°)
OKLab	oklab(29.78% -0.0018 -0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(29.78% 0.124 269.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.5325, 2.4129, 13.9124)
Luminance	0.0241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16236A #6A5D16

analogous

#164D6A #16236A #33166A

triadic

#16236A #6A1623 #236A16

tetradic

#16236A #6A164D #6A5D16 #166A33

square

#16236A #6A164D #6A5D16 #166A33

split-complementary

#16236A #6A3316 #4D6A16

monochromatic

#050819 #0B1237 #16236A #21349D #2B44CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.16

#16236A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#16236A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16236A

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16236A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16236A	1.00	14.16	1.48	14.16
#FFFFFF	14.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002769

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003643

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16236a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 35, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.8% 0.124 269.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#625d95',
    500: '#16236a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16236a;
$custom-light: #625d95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16236a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.714,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29776,
    "c": 0.12416,
    "h": 269.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16236A

secondary

#A0913B

accent

#CE3FE9

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06040D

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16236A

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

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