#2516A1#2516A1

#2516A1 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.203 H 273.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2516A1
RGB	rgb(37, 22, 161)
HSL	hsl(246, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(246, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(77%, 86.3%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.09, 50.11, -70.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.09, 86.10, 305.59°)
OKLab	oklab(35.08% 0.0114 -0.2025)
OKLCH	oklch(35.08% 0.203 273.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.4807, 3.5395, 34.0003)
Luminance	0.0354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2516A1 #92A116

analogous

#164CA1 #2516A1 #6A16A1

triadic

#2516A1 #A12516 #16A125

tetradic

#2516A1 #A1164C #92A116 #16A16A

square

#2516A1 #A1164C #92A116 #16A16A

split-complementary

#2516A1 #A16A16 #4CA116

monochromatic

#0C0735 #190F6B #2516A1 #311DD7 #5C4BE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.30

#2516A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#2516A1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2516A1

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2516A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2516A1	1.00	12.30	1.71	12.30
#FFFFFF	12.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003BA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00445F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2516a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 22, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.203 273.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#775abe',
    500: '#2516a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2516a1;
$custom-light: #775abe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2516a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.475,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35083,
    "c": 0.20278,
    "h": 273.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2516A1

secondary

#BAC84B

accent

#F335DE

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F7

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0A0412

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #2516A1

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

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