#161B72#161B72

#161B72 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.2% C 0.145 H 270.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161B72
RGB	rgb(22, 27, 114)
HSL	hsl(237, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(237, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.7%, 76.3%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.35, 30.91, -50.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.35, 58.84, 301.69°)
OKLab	oklab(29.18% 0.002 -0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(29.18% 0.145 270.8)
XYZ	xyz(3.7590, 2.1689, 16.1369)
Luminance	0.0217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161B72 #726D16

analogous

#164972 #161B72 #3F1672

triadic

#161B72 #72161B #1B7216

tetradic

#161B72 #721649 #726D16 #16723F

square

#161B72 #721649 #726D16 #16723F

split-complementary

#161B72 #723F16 #497216

monochromatic

#05061A #0C0F3F #161B72 #2027A5 #2C35D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.65

#161B72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#161B72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161B72

14.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161B72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161B72	1.00	14.65	1.43	14.65
#FFFFFF	14.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002470

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003445

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161b72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 27, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.2% 0.145 270.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#65589c',
    500: '#161b72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161b72;
$custom-light: #65589c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161b72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.739,
    "s": 67.647,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29181,
    "c": 0.14498,
    "h": 270.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161B72

secondary

#A8A23C

accent

#E13DEB

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#07030E

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #161B72

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

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