#16237B#16237B

#16237B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.148 H 268.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16237B
RGB	rgb(22, 35, 123)
HSL	hsl(232, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(232, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.1%, 71.5%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.23, 29.09, -51.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.23, 58.79, 299.66°)
OKLab	oklab(31.55% -0.003 -0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(31.55% 0.148 268.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.5058, 2.8022, 19.0385)
Luminance	0.0280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16237B #7B6E16

analogous

#16557B #16237B #3B167B

triadic

#16237B #7B1623 #237B16

tetradic

#16237B #7B1655 #7B6E16 #167B3B

square

#16237B #7B1655 #7B6E16 #167B3B

split-complementary

#16237B #7B3B16 #557B16

monochromatic

#05071A #0D1447 #16237B #1F32AF #3147DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.46

#16237B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#16237B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16237B

13.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16237B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16237B	1.00	13.46	1.56	13.46
#FFFFFF	13.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00347E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003B4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16237b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 35, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.148 268.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#675ea2',
    500: '#16237b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16237b;
$custom-light: #675ea2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16237b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.277,
    "s": 69.655,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3155,
    "c": 0.148,
    "h": 268.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16237B

secondary

#B0A13D

accent

#D63BEC

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#EBE9F4

border

#C6C5CE

text

#07040F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16237B

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

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