#161A99#161A99

#161A99 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.032; OKLCH L 33.7% C 0.195 H 268.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161A99
RGB	rgb(22, 26, 153)
HSL	hsl(238, 75%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(238, 86%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 83%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.86, 45.04, -67.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.86, 80.88, 303.84°)
OKLab	oklab(33.72% -0.0049 -0.1946)
OKLCH	oklch(33.72% 0.195 268.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.4481, 3.2085, 30.4103)
Luminance	0.0321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161A99 #999516

analogous

#165C99 #161A99 #541699

triadic

#161A99 #99161A #1A9916

tetradic

#161A99 #99165C #999516 #169954

square

#161A99 #99165C #999516 #169954

split-complementary

#161A99 #995416 #5C9916

monochromatic

#07082E #0E1163 #161A99 #1E23CF #454AE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.79

#161A99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.64

#161A99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161A99

12.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161A99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161A99	1.00	12.79	1.64	12.79
#FFFFFF	12.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.64	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00399C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00435B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161a99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 26, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.7% 0.195 268.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#705ab8',
    500: '#161a99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161a99;
$custom-light: #705ab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161a99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.168,
    "s": 74.857,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33724,
    "c": 0.19463,
    "h": 268.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161A99

secondary

#C5C146

accent

#EC36F1

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEE9F6

border

#C9C5D0

text

#090412

muted

#7B7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #161A99

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

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