#161986#161986

#161986 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.3% C 0.173 H 269.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161986
RGB	rgb(22, 25, 134)
HSL	hsl(238, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(238, 84%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.6%, 81.3%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.31, 39.23, -59.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.31, 71.35, 303.36°)
OKLab	oklab(31.26% -0.001 -0.1726)
OKLCH	oklch(31.26% 0.173 269.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.9801, 2.5865, 22.7864)
Luminance	0.0259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161986 #868316

analogous

#165186 #161986 #4B1686

triadic

#161986 #861619 #198616

tetradic

#161986 #861651 #868316 #16864B

square

#161986 #861651 #868316 #16864B

split-complementary

#161986 #864B16 #518616

monochromatic

#05051D #0D0F51 #161986 #1F23BB #383DDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.84

#161986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#161986 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161986

13.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161986	1.00	13.84	1.52	13.84
#FFFFFF	13.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003289

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002784

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003B50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 25, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.3% 0.173 269.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b58ab',
    500: '#161986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161986;
$custom-light: #6b58ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.393,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31258,
    "c": 0.1726,
    "h": 269.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161986

secondary

#BAB73E

accent

#EA39EF

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#080310

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #161986

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

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