#161A81#161A81

#161A81 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.8% C 0.165 H 269.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161A81
RGB	rgb(22, 26, 129)
HSL	hsl(238, 71%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(238, 83%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.9%, 79.8%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.89, 36.94, -57.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.89, 68.03, 302.89°)
OKLab	oklab(30.79% -0.0003 -0.1655)
OKLCH	oklch(30.79% 0.165 269.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.6614, 2.4938, 21.0003)
Luminance	0.0249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161A81 #817D16

analogous

#165081 #161A81 #481681

triadic

#161A81 #81161A #1A8116

tetradic

#161A81 #811650 #817D16 #168148

square

#161A81 #811650 #817D16 #168148

split-complementary

#161A81 #814816 #508116

monochromatic

#04051A #0D0F4D #161A81 #1F25B5 #353BDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.01

#161A81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#161A81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161A81

14.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161A81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161A81	1.00	14.01	1.50	14.01
#FFFFFF	14.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003184

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00267F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00394D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161a81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 26, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.8% 0.165 269.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a58a7',
    500: '#161a81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161a81;
$custom-light: #6a58a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161a81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.757,
    "s": 70.861,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3079,
    "c": 0.16545,
    "h": 269.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161A81

secondary

#B6B13D

accent

#E73AEE

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECE9F4

border

#C7C5CE

text

#080310

muted

#7A787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #161A81

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

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