#161A72#161A72

#161A72 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 29.0% C 0.146 H 271.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161A72
RGB	rgb(22, 26, 114)
HSL	hsl(237, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(237, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.7%, 77.2%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.12, 31.54, -50.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.12, 59.49, 302.02°)
OKLab	oklab(29.02% 0.0024 -0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(29.02% 0.146 271)
XYZ	xyz(3.7365, 2.1239, 16.1293)
Luminance	0.0212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161A72 #726E16

analogous

#164872 #161A72 #401672

triadic

#161A72 #72161A #1A7216

tetradic

#161A72 #721648 #726E16 #167240

square

#161A72 #721648 #726E16 #167240

split-complementary

#161A72 #724016 #487216

monochromatic

#05061A #0C0E3F #161A72 #2026A5 #2C34D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.74

#161A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#161A72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161A72

14.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161A72	1.00	14.74	1.42	14.74
#FFFFFF	14.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002370

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003444

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 26, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.0% 0.146 271.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#65579c',
    500: '#161a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161a72;
$custom-light: #65579c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.391,
    "s": 67.647,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2902,
    "c": 0.14606,
    "h": 271
  },
  "luminance": 0.02124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161A72

secondary

#A8A33C

accent

#E33DEB

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#07030E

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #161A72

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

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