#2516A5#2516A5

#2516A5 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.207 H 272.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2516A5
RGB	rgb(37, 22, 165)
HSL	hsl(246, 76%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(246, 87%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 86.7%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.59, 51.29, -71.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.59, 88.08, 305.61°)
OKLab	oklab(35.57% 0.0102 -0.2071)
OKLCH	oklch(35.57% 0.207 272.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.8391, 3.6829, 35.8877)
Luminance	0.0368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2516A5 #96A516

analogous

#164EA5 #2516A5 #6D16A5

triadic

#2516A5 #A52516 #16A525

tetradic

#2516A5 #A5164E #96A516 #16A56D

square

#2516A5 #A5164E #96A516 #16A56D

split-complementary

#2516A5 #A56D16 #4EA516

monochromatic

#0D0839 #190F6F #2516A5 #311DDB #5E4EE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.09

#2516A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.74

#2516A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2516A5

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2516A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2516A5	1.00	12.09	1.74	12.09
#FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.74	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003CA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002FA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004661

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2516a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 22, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.207 272.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#785ac1',
    500: '#2516a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2516a5;
$custom-light: #785ac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2516a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.294,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35574,
    "c": 0.20731,
    "h": 272.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2516A5

secondary

#BCC94E

accent

#F335DF

background

#F8F5FC

surface

#EFE9F8

border

#CAC5D1

text

#0B0413

muted

#7C7982

Preview Lab

Preview with #2516A5

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

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