#161B74#161B74

#161B74 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.4% C 0.148 H 270.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161B74
RGB	rgb(22, 27, 116)
HSL	hsl(237, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(237, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(81%, 76.7%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.58, 31.65, -50.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.58, 60.01, 301.84°)
OKLab	oklab(29.41% 0.0017 -0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(29.41% 0.148 270.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.8741, 2.2150, 16.7430)
Luminance	0.0221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161B74 #746F16

analogous

#164A74 #161B74 #401674

triadic

#161B74 #74161B #1B7416

tetradic

#161B74 #74164A #746F16 #167440

square

#161B74 #74164A #746F16 #167440

split-complementary

#161B74 #744016 #4A7416

monochromatic

#05061A #0C0F41 #161B74 #2027A7 #2D36D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.55

#161B74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#161B74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161B74

14.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161B74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161B74	1.00	14.55	1.44	14.55
#FFFFFF	14.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002472

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003546

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161b74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 27, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.4% 0.148 270.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#66589d',
    500: '#161b74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161b74;
$custom-light: #66589d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161b74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.809,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29411,
    "c": 0.14764,
    "h": 270.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161B74

secondary

#AAA43C

accent

#E23DEB

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#07030E

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #161B74

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

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