#161A7E#161A7E

#161A7E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.4% C 0.162 H 270.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161A7E
RGB	rgb(22, 26, 126)
HSL	hsl(238, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(238, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 79.4%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.53, 35.88, -55.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.53, 66.35, 302.74°)
OKLab	oklab(30.43% 0.0003 -0.1617)
OKLCH	oklch(30.43% 0.162 270.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.4649, 2.4152, 19.9655)
Luminance	0.0242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161A7E #7E7A16

analogous

#164E7E #161A7E #46167E

triadic

#161A7E #7E161A #1A7E16

tetradic

#161A7E #7E164E #7E7A16 #167E46

square

#161A7E #7E164E #7E7A16 #167E46

split-complementary

#161A7E #7E4616 #4E7E16

monochromatic

#05051A #0D0F4A #161A7E #1F25B2 #3339DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.16

#161A7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#161A7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161A7E

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161A7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161A7E	1.00	14.16	1.48	14.16
#FFFFFF	14.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003081

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00267C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00384B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161a7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 26, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.4% 0.162 270.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6958a5',
    500: '#161a7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161a7e;
$custom-light: #6958a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161a7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.692,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30431,
    "c": 0.16166,
    "h": 270.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161A7E

secondary

#B3AE3D

accent

#E63BED

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECE9F4

border

#C7C5CE

text

#07030F

muted

#7A787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #161A7E

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

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