#161689#161689

#161689 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.3% C 0.179 H 269.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161689
RGB	rgb(22, 22, 137)
HSL	hsl(240, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(240, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 83.9%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.14, 41.81, -61.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.14, 74.57, 304.10°)
OKLab	oklab(31.25% -0.0009 -0.1788)
OKLCH	oklch(31.25% 0.179 269.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.1316, 2.5499, 23.8838)
Luminance	0.0255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161689 #898916

analogous

#164F89 #161689 #4F1689

triadic

#161689 #891616 #168916

tetradic

#161689 #89164F #898916 #16894F

square

#161689 #89164F #898916 #16894F

split-complementary

#161689 #894F16 #4F8916

monochromatic

#050520 #0E0E54 #161689 #1E1EBE #3A3ADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.91

#161689 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#161689 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161689

13.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161689	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161689	1.00	13.91	1.51	13.91
#FFFFFF	13.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00328C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002687

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003B51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161689;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 22, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.3% 0.179 269.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c57ad',
    500: '#161689',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161689;
$custom-light: #6c57ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161689",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31254,
    "c": 0.17879,
    "h": 269.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161689

secondary

#BDBD3E

accent

#EF39EF

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#080310

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #161689

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

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