#161B69#161B69

#161B69 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.2% C 0.133 H 271.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161B69
RGB	rgb(22, 27, 105)
HSL	hsl(236, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(236, 79%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(79%, 74.3%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.35, 27.52, -45.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.35, 53.47, 300.97°)
OKLab	oklab(28.17% 0.0033 -0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(28.17% 0.133 271.4)
XYZ	xyz(3.2717, 1.9740, 13.5705)
Luminance	0.0197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161B69 #696416

analogous

#164469 #161B69 #3B1669

triadic

#161B69 #69161B #1B6916

tetradic

#161B69 #691644 #696416 #16693B

square

#161B69 #691644 #696416 #16693B

split-complementary

#161B69 #693B16 #446916

monochromatic

#050719 #0B0E36 #161B69 #21289C #2B35CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.06

#161B69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#161B69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161B69

15.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161B69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161B69	1.00	15.06	1.39	15.06
#FFFFFF	15.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002268

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003140

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161b69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 27, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.2% 0.133 271.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635895',
    500: '#161b69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161b69;
$custom-light: #635895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161b69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.386,
    "s": 65.354,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28165,
    "c": 0.13273,
    "h": 271.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161B69

secondary

#9F993B

accent

#DE3FE8

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06030D

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #161B69

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

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