#2216B4#2216B4

#2216B4 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.225 H 270.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2216B4
RGB	rgb(34, 22, 180)
HSL	hsl(245, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(245, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.1%, 87.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.35, 55.51, -77.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.35, 95.52, 305.53°)
OKLab	oklab(37.27% 0.0025 -0.2248)
OKLCH	oklch(37.27% 0.225 270.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.1820, 4.2081, 43.4995)
Luminance	0.0421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2216B4 #A8B416

analogous

#1659B4 #2216B4 #7116B4

triadic

#2216B4 #B42216 #16B422

tetradic

#2216B4 #B41659 #A8B416 #16B471

square

#2216B4 #B41659 #A8B416 #16B471

split-complementary

#2216B4 #B47116 #59B416

monochromatic

#0D0947 #180F7D #2216B4 #3223E4 #655AEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.40

#2216B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#2216B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2216B4

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2216B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2216B4	1.00	11.40	1.84	11.40
#FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0041B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0032B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004D6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2216b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(34, 22, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.225 270.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5bcc',
    500: '#2216b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2216b4;
$custom-light: #7b5bcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2216b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 34,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.557,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3727,
    "c": 0.22483,
    "h": 270.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2216B4

secondary

#C5CE58

accent

#F533E6

background

#F8F5FC

surface

#F0E9F9

border

#CBC5D2

text

#0B0414

muted

#7C7982

Preview Lab

Preview with #2216B4

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

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