#161A74#161A74

#161A74 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.3% C 0.149 H 270.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161A74
RGB	rgb(22, 26, 116)
HSL	hsl(237, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(237, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(81%, 77.6%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.35, 32.28, -51.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.35, 60.65, 302.15°)
OKLab	oklab(29.25% 0.0021 -0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(29.25% 0.149 270.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.8516, 2.1699, 16.7354)
Luminance	0.0217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161A74 #747016

analogous

#164974 #161A74 #411674

triadic

#161A74 #74161A #1A7416

tetradic

#161A74 #741649 #747016 #167441

square

#161A74 #741649 #747016 #167441

split-complementary

#161A74 #744116 #497416

monochromatic

#05061A #0C0E41 #161A74 #2026A7 #2D34D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.64

#161A74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#161A74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161A74

14.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161A74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161A74	1.00	14.64	1.43	14.64
#FFFFFF	14.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002472

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003445

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161a74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 26, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.3% 0.149 270.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#66579d',
    500: '#161a74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161a74;
$custom-light: #66579d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161a74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.447,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29252,
    "c": 0.14871,
    "h": 270.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161A74

secondary

#AAA53C

accent

#E43DEB

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#07030E

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #161A74

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

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