#161B6B#161B6B

#161B6B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.4% C 0.135 H 271.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161B6B
RGB	rgb(22, 27, 107)
HSL	hsl(236, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(236, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.4%, 74.8%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.57, 28.28, -46.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.57, 54.68, 301.15°)
OKLab	oklab(28.39% 0.0031 -0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(28.39% 0.135 271.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.3758, 2.0156, 14.1182)
Luminance	0.0202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161B6B #6B6616

analogous

#16456B #161B6B #3C166B

triadic

#161B6B #6B161B #1B6B16

tetradic

#161B6B #6B1645 #6B6616 #166B3C

square

#161B6B #6B1645 #6B6616 #166B3C

split-complementary

#161B6B #6B3C16 #456B16

monochromatic

#050619 #0C0E38 #161B6B #20289E #2B35D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.97

#161B6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.40

#161B6B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161B6B

14.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161B6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161B6B	1.00	14.97	1.40	14.97
#FFFFFF	14.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00236A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003141

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161b6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 27, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.4% 0.135 271.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635896',
    500: '#161b6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161b6b;
$custom-light: #635896;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161b6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.471,
    "s": 65.891,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28388,
    "c": 0.13549,
    "h": 271.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161B6B

secondary

#A19B3B

accent

#DF3FE9

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06030D

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #161B6B

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

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