#161B6C#161B6C

#161B6C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.5% C 0.137 H 271.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161B6C
RGB	rgb(22, 27, 108)
HSL	hsl(237, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(237, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.6%, 75%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.68, 28.66, -47.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.68, 55.28, 301.23°)
OKLab	oklab(28.5% 0.0029 -0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(28.5% 0.137 271.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.4287, 2.0368, 14.3969)
Luminance	0.0204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161B6C #6C6716

analogous

#16466C #161B6C #3C166C

triadic

#161B6C #6C161B #1B6C16

tetradic

#161B6C #6C1646 #6C6716 #166C3C

square

#161B6C #6C1646 #6C6716 #166C3C

split-complementary

#161B6C #6C3C16 #466C16

monochromatic

#050619 #0C0E39 #161B6C #20289F #2B34D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.92

#161B6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#161B6C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161B6C

14.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161B6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161B6C	1.00	14.92	1.41	14.92
#FFFFFF	14.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00236B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003241

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161b6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 27, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.5% 0.137 271.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635897',
    500: '#161b6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161b6c;
$custom-light: #635897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161b6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.512,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.285,
    "c": 0.13686,
    "h": 271.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161B6C

secondary

#A29C3C

accent

#DF3FE9

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06030E

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #161B6C

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

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