#16236E#16236E

#16236E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.2% C 0.130 H 269.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16236E
RGB	rgb(22, 35, 110)
HSL	hsl(231, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(231, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 68.2%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.91, 23.98, -44.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.91, 50.91, 298.11°)
OKLab	oklab(30.18% -0.002 -0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(30.18% 0.13 269.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.7454, 2.4980, 15.0336)
Luminance	0.0250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16236E #6E6116

analogous

#164F6E #16236E #35166E

triadic

#16236E #6E1623 #236E16

tetradic

#16236E #6E164F #6E6116 #166E35

square

#16236E #6E164F #6E6116 #166E35

split-complementary

#16236E #6E3516 #4F6E16

monochromatic

#05081A #0C133B #16236E #2033A1 #2A43D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.00

#16236E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#16236E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16236E

14.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16236E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16236E	1.00	14.00	1.50	14.00
#FFFFFF	14.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003070

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00286D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003745

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16236e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 35, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.2% 0.130 269.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16236e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.136,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30182,
    "c": 0.12992,
    "h": 269.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16236E

secondary

#A4953C

accent

#D03EEA

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06040E

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #16236E

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

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