#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
RGB	rgb(22, 27, 109)
HSL	hsl(237, 66%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(237, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.8%, 75.2%, 0%, 57.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.79, 29.04, -47.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.79, 55.88, 301.31°)
OKLab	oklab(28.61% 0.0028 -0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(28.61% 0.138 271.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.4822, 2.0582, 14.6788)
Luminance	0.0206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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
##161B6D	1.00	14.87	1.41	14.87
#FFFFFF	14.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

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

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