#16237D#16237D

#16237D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.8% C 0.151 H 268.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16237D
RGB	rgb(22, 35, 125)
HSL	hsl(232, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(232, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.4%, 72%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.44, 29.86, -52.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.44, 59.98, 299.86°)
OKLab	oklab(31.77% -0.0032 -0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(31.77% 0.151 268.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.6323, 2.8528, 19.7046)
Luminance	0.0285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16237D #7D7016

analogous

#16577D #16237D #3D167D

triadic

#16237D #7D1623 #237D16

tetradic

#16237D #7D1657 #7D7016 #167D3D

square

#16237D #7D1657 #7D7016 #167D3D

split-complementary

#16237D #7D3D16 #577D16

monochromatic

#05071A #0D1449 #16237D #1F32B1 #3248DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.37

#16237D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#16237D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16237D

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16237D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16237D	1.00	13.37	1.57	13.37
#FFFFFF	13.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003C4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16237d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 35, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.8% 0.151 268.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#675ea4',
    500: '#16237d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16237d;
$custom-light: #675ea4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16237d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.427,
    "s": 70.068,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31766,
    "c": 0.1507,
    "h": 268.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16237D

secondary

#B2A33D

accent

#D63BED

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECE9F4

border

#C7C5CE

text

#07040F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16237D

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

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