#161A9F#161A9F

#161A9F is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.202 H 268.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161A9F
RGB	rgb(22, 26, 159)
HSL	hsl(238, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(238, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.2%, 83.6%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.62, 46.98, -69.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.62, 83.97, 304.02°)
OKLab	oklab(34.47% -0.006 -0.2015)
OKLCH	oklch(34.47% 0.202 268.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.9561, 3.4117, 33.0861)
Luminance	0.0341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161A9F #9F9B16

analogous

#165E9F #161A9F #56169F

triadic

#161A9F #9F161A #1A9F16

tetradic

#161A9F #9F165E #9F9B16 #169F56

square

#161A9F #9F165E #9F9B16 #169F56

split-complementary

#161A9F #9F5616 #5E9F16

monochromatic

#070833 #0F1169 #161A9F #1D23D5 #4A4EE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.48

#161A9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#161A9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161A9F

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161A9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161A9F	1.00	12.48	1.68	12.48
#FFFFFF	12.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003BA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002C9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00455E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161a9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 26, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.202 268.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#725abd',
    500: '#161a9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161a9f;
$custom-light: #725abd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161a9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.248,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34471,
    "c": 0.20163,
    "h": 268.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161A9F

secondary

#C7C44A

accent

#ED36F2

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEE9F7

border

#C9C5D0

text

#0A0412

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #161A9F

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

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