#161989#161989

#161989 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.6% C 0.176 H 269.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161989
RGB	rgb(22, 25, 137)
HSL	hsl(238, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(238, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 81.8%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.68, 40.25, -60.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.68, 72.97, 303.48°)
OKLab	oklab(31.63% -0.0016 -0.1763)
OKLCH	oklch(31.63% 0.176 269.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.1923, 2.6714, 23.9040)
Luminance	0.0267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161989 #898616

analogous

#165289 #161989 #4C1689

triadic

#161989 #891619 #198916

tetradic

#161989 #891652 #898616 #16894C

square

#161989 #891652 #898616 #16894C

split-complementary

#161989 #894C16 #528916

monochromatic

#050620 #0E0F54 #161989 #1E23BE #3A3EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.69

#161989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#161989 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161989

13.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161989	1.00	13.69	1.53	13.69
#FFFFFF	13.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00338C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002787

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003C51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 25, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.6% 0.176 269.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c58ad',
    500: '#161989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161989;
$custom-light: #6c58ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.435,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31626,
    "c": 0.17629,
    "h": 269.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161989

secondary

#BDBA3E

accent

#EA39EF

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#080310

muted

#7B787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #161989

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

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