#161B7A#161B7A

#161B7A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.1% C 0.156 H 270.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161B7A
RGB	rgb(22, 27, 122)
HSL	hsl(237, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(237, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82%, 77.9%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.27, 33.85, -53.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.27, 63.47, 302.23°)
OKLab	oklab(30.11% 0.0006 -0.1555)
OKLCH	oklch(30.11% 0.156 270.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.2345, 2.3591, 18.6408)
Luminance	0.0236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161B7A #7A7516

analogous

#164D7A #161B7A #43167A

triadic

#161B7A #7A161B #1B7A16

tetradic

#161B7A #7A164D #7A7516 #167A43

square

#161B7A #7A164D #7A7516 #167A43

split-complementary

#161B7A #7A4316 #4D7A16

monochromatic

#05061A #0D1046 #161B7A #1F26AE #3139DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.27

#161B7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#161B7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161B7A

14.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161B7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161B7A	1.00	14.27	1.47	14.27
#FFFFFF	14.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002578

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003749

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161b7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 27, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.1% 0.156 270.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6758a2',
    500: '#161b7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161b7a;
$custom-light: #6758a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161b7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30107,
    "c": 0.15551,
    "h": 270.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161B7A

secondary

#AFA93D

accent

#E33CEC

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECE9F4

border

#C7C5CE

text

#07030F

muted

#7A787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #161B7A

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

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