#16237F#16237F

#16237F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.0% C 0.153 H 268.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16237F
RGB	rgb(22, 35, 127)
HSL	hsl(233, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(233, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 72.4%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.66, 30.62, -52.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.66, 61.16, 300.05°)
OKLab	oklab(31.98% -0.0034 -0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(31.98% 0.153 268.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.7614, 2.9044, 20.3842)
Luminance	0.0290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16237F #7F7216

analogous

#16587F #16237F #3D167F

triadic

#16237F #7F1623 #237F16

tetradic

#16237F #7F1658 #7F7216 #167F3D

square

#16237F #7F1658 #7F7216 #167F3D

split-complementary

#16237F #7F3D16 #587F16

monochromatic

#05071A #0D154B #16237F #1F31B3 #3448DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.28

#16237F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#16237F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16237F

13.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16237F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16237F	1.00	13.28	1.58	13.28
#FFFFFF	13.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003582

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003D4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16237f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 35, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.0% 0.153 268.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#685ea5',
    500: '#16237f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16237f;
$custom-light: #685ea5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16237f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.571,
    "s": 70.47,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31983,
    "c": 0.15339,
    "h": 268.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16237F

secondary

#B4A53D

accent

#D73BED

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECE9F4

border

#C7C5CE

text

#07040F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #16237F

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

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