#161B6F#161B6F

#161B6F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.8% C 0.141 H 271.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161B6F
RGB	rgb(22, 27, 111)
HSL	hsl(237, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(237, 80%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.2%, 75.7%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.01, 29.79, -48.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.01, 57.07, 301.47°)
OKLab	oklab(28.84% 0.0025 -0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(28.84% 0.141 271)
XYZ	xyz(3.5911, 2.1017, 15.2523)
Luminance	0.0210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161B6F #6F6A16

analogous

#16476F #161B6F #3D166F

triadic

#161B6F #6F161B #1B6F16

tetradic

#161B6F #6F1647 #6F6A16 #166F3D

square

#161B6F #6F1647 #6F6A16 #166F3D

split-complementary

#161B6F #6F3D16 #476F16

monochromatic

#05061A #0C0F3C #161B6F #2027A2 #2B34D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.78

#161B6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#161B6F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161B6F

14.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161B6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161B6F	1.00	14.78	1.42	14.78
#FFFFFF	14.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00236D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003343

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161b6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 27, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.8% 0.141 271.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#645899',
    500: '#161b6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161b6f;
$custom-light: #645899;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161b6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.629,
    "s": 66.917,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28839,
    "c": 0.14094,
    "h": 271
  },
  "luminance": 0.02102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161B6F

secondary

#A59F3C

accent

#E03EEA

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06030E

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #161B6F

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

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