#161B78#161B78

#161B78 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.9% C 0.153 H 270.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161B78
RGB	rgb(22, 27, 120)
HSL	hsl(237, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(237, 82%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.7%, 77.5%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.04, 33.12, -52.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.04, 62.33, 302.10°)
OKLab	oklab(29.87% 0.001 -0.1529)
OKLCH	oklch(29.87% 0.153 270.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.1118, 2.3100, 17.9948)
Luminance	0.0231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161B78 #787316

analogous

#164C78 #161B78 #421678

triadic

#161B78 #78161B #1B7816

tetradic

#161B78 #78164C #787316 #167842

square

#161B78 #78164C #787316 #167842

split-complementary

#161B78 #784216 #4C7816

monochromatic

#05061A #0D0F44 #161B78 #1F27AC #2F38D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.36

#161B78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#161B78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161B78

14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161B78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161B78	1.00	14.36	1.46	14.36
#FFFFFF	14.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002576

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003648

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161b78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 27, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.9% 0.153 270.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6758a0',
    500: '#161b78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161b78;
$custom-light: #6758a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161b78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.939,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29874,
    "c": 0.15291,
    "h": 270.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161B78

secondary

#ADA83C

accent

#E33CEC

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#EBE9F3

border

#C6C5CD

text

#07030F

muted

#7A787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #161B78

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

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