#161A8D#161A8D

#161A8D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.2% C 0.180 H 269.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161A8D
RGB	rgb(22, 26, 141)
HSL	hsl(238, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(238, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 81.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.36, 41.07, -62.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.36, 74.57, 303.42°)
OKLab	oklab(32.25% -0.0026 -0.1803)
OKLCH	oklch(32.25% 0.18 269.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.5063, 2.8318, 25.4505)
Luminance	0.0283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161A8D #8D8916

analogous

#16568D #161A8D #4E168D

triadic

#161A8D #8D161A #1A8D16

tetradic

#161A8D #8D1656 #8D8916 #168D4E

square

#161A8D #8D1656 #8D8916 #168D4E

split-complementary

#161A8D #8D4E16 #568D16

monochromatic

#050623 #0E1058 #161A8D #1E24C2 #3D42E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.41

#161A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#161A8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161A8D

13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161A8D	1.00	13.41	1.57	13.41
#FFFFFF	13.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003590

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00298B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 26, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.2% 0.180 269.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d59b0',
    500: '#161a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161a8d;
$custom-light: #6d59b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.983,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32245,
    "c": 0.18029,
    "h": 269.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161A8D

secondary

#C1BC3E

accent

#EA38F0

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EDE9F6

border

#C8C5D0

text

#080411

muted

#7B7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #161A8D

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

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