#161B6E#161B6E

#161B6E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.7% C 0.140 H 271.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161B6E
RGB	rgb(22, 27, 110)
HSL	hsl(237, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(237, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 75.5%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.90, 29.42, -48.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.90, 56.48, 301.39°)
OKLab	oklab(28.73% 0.0026 -0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(28.73% 0.14 271.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.5363, 2.0798, 14.9639)
Luminance	0.0208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161B6E #6E6916

analogous

#16476E #161B6E #3D166E

triadic

#161B6E #6E161B #1B6E16

tetradic

#161B6E #6E1647 #6E6916 #166E3D

square

#161B6E #6E1647 #6E6916 #166E3D

split-complementary

#161B6E #6E3D16 #476E16

monochromatic

#05061A #0C0E3B #161B6E #2028A1 #2A34D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.83

#161B6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#161B6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161B6E

14.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161B6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161B6E	1.00	14.83	1.42	14.83
#FFFFFF	14.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00236D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003342

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161b6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 27, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.7% 0.140 271.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#645899',
    500: '#161b6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161b6e;
$custom-light: #645899;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161b6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.591,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28726,
    "c": 0.13959,
    "h": 271.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161B6E

secondary

#A49E3C

accent

#E03EEA

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06030E

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #161B6E

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

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