#16236D#16236D

#16236D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.1% C 0.129 H 269.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16236D
RGB	rgb(22, 35, 109)
HSL	hsl(231, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(231, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 67.9%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.81, 23.58, -44.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.81, 50.29, 297.97°)
OKLab	oklab(30.08% -0.002 -0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(30.08% 0.129 269.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.6913, 2.4764, 14.7485)
Luminance	0.0248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16236D #6D6016

analogous

#164E6D #16236D #34166D

triadic

#16236D #6D1623 #236D16

tetradic

#16236D #6D164E #6D6016 #166D34

square

#16236D #6D164E #6D6016 #166D34

split-complementary

#16236D #6D3416 #4E6D16

monochromatic

#050819 #0C133A #16236D #2033A0 #2B44D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.04

#16236D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#16236D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16236D

14.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16236D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16236D	1.00	14.04	1.50	14.04
#FFFFFF	14.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00306F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00286C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003744

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16236d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 35, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.1% 0.129 269.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635d98',
    500: '#16236d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16236d;
$custom-light: #635d98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16236d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.034,
    "s": 66.412,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3008,
    "c": 0.1285,
    "h": 269.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16236D

secondary

#A3943C

accent

#D03EE9

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06040E

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16236D

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

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