#16237A#16237A

#16237A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.4% C 0.147 H 268.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16237A
RGB	rgb(22, 35, 122)
HSL	hsl(232, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(232, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82%, 71.3%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.13, 28.70, -50.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.13, 58.20, 299.55°)
OKLab	oklab(31.44% -0.0029 -0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(31.44% 0.147 268.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.4435, 2.7773, 18.7105)
Luminance	0.0278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16237A #7A6D16

analogous

#16557A #16237A #3B167A

triadic

#16237A #7A1623 #237A16

tetradic

#16237A #7A1655 #7A6D16 #167A3B

square

#16237A #7A1655 #7A6D16 #167A3B

split-complementary

#16237A #7A3B16 #557A16

monochromatic

#05071A #0D1446 #16237A #1F32AE #3147DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.50

#16237A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#16237A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16237A

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16237A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16237A	1.00	13.50	1.56	13.50
#FFFFFF	13.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00337D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003B4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16237a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 35, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.4% 0.147 268.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#675ea1',
    500: '#16237a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16237a;
$custom-light: #675ea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16237a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.2,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31442,
    "c": 0.14664,
    "h": 268.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16237A

secondary

#AFA03D

accent

#D53CEC

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#EBE9F3

border

#C6C5CD

text

#07040F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16237A

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

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