#161B6D#161B6D

#161B6D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.6% C 0.138 H 271.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#161B6D
RGBrgb(22, 27, 109)
HSLhsl(237, 66%, 26%)
HSVhsv(237, 80%, 43%)
CMYKcmyk(79.8%, 75.2%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LABlab(15.79, 29.04, -47.74)
CIE-LCHlch(15.79, 55.88, 301.31°)
OKLaboklab(28.61% 0.0028 -0.1382)
OKLCHoklch(28.61% 0.138 271.1)
XYZxyz(3.4822, 2.0582, 14.6788)
Luminance0.0206 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#161B6D #6D6816
analogous
#16466D #161B6D #3C166D
triadic
#161B6D #6D161B #1B6D16
tetradic
#161B6D #6D1646 #6D6816 #166D3C
square
#161B6D #6D1646 #6D6816 #166D3C
split-complementary
#161B6D #6D3C16 #466D16
monochromatic
#050619 #0C0E3A #161B6D #2028A0 #2B34D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.87
#161B6D on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41
#161B6D on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161B6D
14.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##161B6D#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##161B6D1.0014.871.4114.87
#FFFFFF14.871.0021.001.00
#0000001.4121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF14.871.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#002C6F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#00236C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#003242
Achromatopsia (no color)
#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #161b6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 27, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.6% 0.138 271.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#645898',
    500: '#161b6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #161b6d;
$custom-light: #645898;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#161b6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.552,
    "s": 66.412,
    "l": 25.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28613,
    "c": 0.13823,
    "h": 271.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#161B6D
secondary
#A39D3C
accent
#E03EE9
background
#F6F5F9
surface
#EBE9F2
border
#C6C5CC
text
#06030E
muted
#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #161B6D

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#161B6D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva