#161A79#161A79

#161A79 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.8% C 0.155 H 270.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161A79
RGB	rgb(22, 26, 121)
HSL	hsl(238, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(238, 82%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.8%, 78.5%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.94, 34.09, -53.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.94, 63.52, 302.46°)
OKLab	oklab(29.84% 0.0012 -0.1552)
OKLCH	oklch(29.84% 0.155 270.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.1503, 2.2894, 18.3086)
Luminance	0.0229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161A79 #797516

analogous

#164B79 #161A79 #431679

triadic

#161A79 #79161A #1A7916

tetradic

#161A79 #79164B #797516 #167943

square

#161A79 #79164B #797516 #167943

split-complementary

#161A79 #794316 #4B7916

monochromatic

#05061A #0D0F45 #161A79 #1F25AD #3037D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.40

#161A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#161A79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161A79

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161A79	1.00	14.40	1.46	14.40
#FFFFFF	14.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002577

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003648

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 26, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.8% 0.155 270.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6758a1',
    500: '#161a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161a79;
$custom-light: #6758a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.576,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29838,
    "c": 0.15523,
    "h": 270.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161A79

secondary

#AEAA3D

accent

#E53CEC

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECE9F3

border

#C7C5CD

text

#07030F

muted

#7A787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #161A79

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

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