#2516B4#2516B4

#2516B4 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.224 H 271.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2516B4
RGB	rgb(37, 22, 180)
HSL	hsl(246, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(246, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.4%, 87.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.52, 55.64, -77.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.52, 95.36, 305.69°)
OKLab	oklab(37.43% 0.006 -0.2239)
OKLCH	oklch(37.43% 0.224 271.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.2853, 4.2614, 43.5043)
Luminance	0.0426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2516B4 #A5B416

analogous

#1656B4 #2516B4 #7416B4

triadic

#2516B4 #B42516 #16B425

tetradic

#2516B4 #B41656 #A5B416 #16B474

square

#2516B4 #B41656 #A5B416 #16B474

split-complementary

#2516B4 #B47416 #56B416

monochromatic

#0F0947 #1A0F7D #2516B4 #3523E4 #675AEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.34

#2516B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#2516B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #2516B4

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2516B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##2516B4	1.00	11.34	1.85	11.34
#FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0042B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0032B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004D6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2516b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 22, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.224 271.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c5bcc',
    500: '#2516b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2516b4;
$custom-light: #7c5bcc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2516b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.696,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37431,
    "c": 0.22402,
    "h": 271.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2516B4

secondary

#C3CE58

accent

#F533E2

background

#F8F5FC

surface

#F0E9F9

border

#CBC5D2

text

#0C0414

muted

#7D7982

Preview Lab

Preview with #2516B4

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

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