#161A8B#161A8B

#161A8B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.0% C 0.178 H 269.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161A8B
RGB	rgb(22, 26, 139)
HSL	hsl(238, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(238, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 81.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.11, 40.39, -61.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.11, 73.49, 303.34°)
OKLab	oklab(32% -0.0022 -0.1778)
OKLCH	oklch(32% 0.178 269.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.3589, 2.7728, 24.6739)
Luminance	0.0277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161A8B #8B8716

analogous

#16558B #161A8B #4D168B

triadic

#161A8B #8B161A #1A8B16

tetradic

#161A8B #8B1655 #8B8716 #168B4D

square

#161A8B #8B1655 #8B8716 #168B4D

split-complementary

#161A8B #8B4D16 #558B16

monochromatic

#050621 #0E1056 #161A8B #1E24C0 #3B41E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.51

#161A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#161A8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161A8B

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161A8B	1.00	13.51	1.55	13.51
#FFFFFF	13.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00348E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003D53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 26, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.0% 0.178 269.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c59ae',
    500: '#161a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161a8b;
$custom-light: #6c59ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.949,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32,
    "c": 0.17785,
    "h": 269.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161A8B

secondary

#BFBA3E

accent

#E938EF

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F5

border

#C8C5CF

text

#080410

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #161A8B

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

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