#161A8E#161A8E

#161A8E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.181 H 269.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161A8E
RGB	rgb(22, 26, 142)
HSL	hsl(238, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(238, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 81.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.48, 41.40, -62.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.48, 75.10, 303.46°)
OKLab	oklab(32.37% -0.0028 -0.1815)
OKLCH	oklch(32.37% 0.182 269.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.5811, 2.8617, 25.8442)
Luminance	0.0286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161A8E #8E8A16

analogous

#16568E #161A8E #4E168E

triadic

#161A8E #8E161A #1A8E16

tetradic

#161A8E #8E1656 #8E8A16 #168E4E

square

#161A8E #8E1656 #8E8A16 #168E4E

split-complementary

#161A8E #8E4E16 #568E16

monochromatic

#060724 #0E1059 #161A8E #1E24C3 #3D43E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.36

#161A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#161A8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161A8E

13.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161A8E	1.00	13.36	1.57	13.36
#FFFFFF	13.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003591

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00298C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 26, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.181 269.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d59b0',
    500: '#161a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161a8e;
$custom-light: #6d59b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32367,
    "c": 0.1815,
    "h": 269.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161A8E

secondary

#C1BD3F

accent

#EA38F0

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EDE9F6

border

#C8C5D0

text

#090411

muted

#7B7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #161A8E

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

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