#16236B#16236B

#16236B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.9% C 0.126 H 269.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16236B
RGB	rgb(22, 35, 107)
HSL	hsl(231, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(231, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.4%, 67.3%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.62, 22.78, -43.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.62, 49.05, 297.68°)
OKLab	oklab(29.88% -0.0019 -0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(29.88% 0.126 269.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.5848, 2.4338, 14.1879)
Luminance	0.0243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16236B #6B5E16

analogous

#164D6B #16236B #34166B

triadic

#16236B #6B1623 #236B16

tetradic

#16236B #6B164D #6B5E16 #166B34

square

#16236B #6B164D #6B5E16 #166B34

split-complementary

#16236B #6B3416 #4D6B16

monochromatic

#050819 #0C1238 #16236B #20349E #2B44D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.12

#16236B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#16236B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16236B

14.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16236B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16236B	1.00	14.12	1.49	14.12
#FFFFFF	14.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00276A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003643

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16236b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 35, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.9% 0.126 269.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#625d96',
    500: '#16236b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16236b;
$custom-light: #625d96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16236b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.824,
    "s": 65.891,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29877,
    "c": 0.12561,
    "h": 269.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16236B

secondary

#A1923B

accent

#CF3FE9

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06040D

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16236B

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

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