#161569#161569

#161569 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 27.2% C 0.139 H 272.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161569
RGB	rgb(22, 21, 105)
HSL	hsl(241, 67%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(241, 80%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(79%, 80%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.98, 31.34, -48.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.98, 57.42, 303.08°)
OKLab	oklab(27.19% 0.0064 -0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(27.19% 0.139 272.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.1480, 1.7265, 13.5292)
Luminance	0.0173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161569 #686915

analogous

#153E69 #161569 #401569

triadic

#161569 #691615 #156916

tetradic

#161569 #69153E #686915 #156940

square

#161569 #69153E #686915 #156940

split-complementary

#161569 #694015 #3E6915

monochromatic

#05051A #0B0B36 #161569 #211F9C #2B29CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.61

#161569 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#161569 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161569

15.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161569	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161569	1.00	15.61	1.35	15.61
#FFFFFF	15.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00286B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001F68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002E3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161569;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 21, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.2% 0.139 272.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635495',
    500: '#161569',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161569;
$custom-light: #635495;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161569",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240.714,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27189,
    "c": 0.13938,
    "h": 272.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161569

secondary

#9FA03A

accent

#EA3EE8

background

#F6F4F9

surface

#EBE7F2

border

#C6C3CC

text

#06020D

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #161569

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

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