#161A6E#161A6E

#161A6E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.6% C 0.141 H 271.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161A6E
RGB	rgb(22, 26, 110)
HSL	hsl(237, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(237, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 76.4%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.67, 30.06, -48.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.67, 57.14, 301.74°)
OKLab	oklab(28.56% 0.0031 -0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(28.56% 0.141 271.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.5138, 2.0348, 14.9564)
Luminance	0.0204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161A6E #6E6A16

analogous

#16466E #161A6E #3E166E

triadic

#161A6E #6E161A #1A6E16

tetradic

#161A6E #6E1646 #6E6A16 #166E3E

square

#161A6E #6E1646 #6E6A16 #166E3E

split-complementary

#161A6E #6E3E16 #466E16

monochromatic

#05061A #0C0E3B #161A6E #2026A1 #2A32D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.93

#161A6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#161A6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161A6E

14.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161A6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161A6E	1.00	14.93	1.41	14.93
#FFFFFF	14.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00236C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003242

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161a6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 26, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.6% 0.141 271.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#645799',
    500: '#161a6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161a6e;
$custom-light: #645799;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161a6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.273,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2856,
    "c": 0.14071,
    "h": 271.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161A6E

secondary

#A49F3C

accent

#E23EEA

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06030E

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #161A6E

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

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