#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
RGBrgb(22, 35, 125)
HSLhsl(232, 70%, 29%)
HSVhsv(232, 82%, 49%)
CMYKcmyk(82.4%, 72%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LABlab(19.44, 29.86, -52.02)
CIE-LCHlch(19.44, 59.98, 299.86°)
OKLaboklab(31.77% -0.0032 -0.1507)
OKLCHoklch(31.77% 0.151 268.8)
XYZxyz(4.6323, 2.8528, 19.7046)
Luminance0.0285 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

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
##16237D1.0013.371.5713.37
#FFFFFF13.371.0021.001.00
#0000001.5721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF13.371.0021.001.00

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

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#16237D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva