#161B7B#161B7B

#161B7B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.2% C 0.157 H 270.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161B7B
RGB	rgb(22, 27, 123)
HSL	hsl(237, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(237, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.1%, 78%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.39, 34.21, -54.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.39, 64.04, 302.29°)
OKLab	oklab(30.23% 0.0005 -0.1568)
OKLCH	oklch(30.23% 0.157 270.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.2967, 2.3840, 18.9688)
Luminance	0.0238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161B7B #7B7616

analogous

#164D7B #161B7B #43167B

triadic

#161B7B #7B161B #1B7B16

tetradic

#161B7B #7B164D #7B7616 #167B43

square

#161B7B #7B164D #7B7616 #167B43

split-complementary

#161B7B #7B4316 #4D7B16

monochromatic

#05061A #0D1047 #161B7B #1F26AF #313ADA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.22

#161B7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#161B7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161B7B

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161B7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161B7B	1.00	14.22	1.48	14.22
#FFFFFF	14.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00307E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002679

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00374A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161b7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 27, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.2% 0.157 270.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6859a2',
    500: '#161b7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161b7b;
$custom-light: #6859a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161b7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.03,
    "s": 69.655,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30225,
    "c": 0.15681,
    "h": 270.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161B7B

secondary

#B0AA3D

accent

#E43BEC

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECE9F4

border

#C7C5CE

text

#07030F

muted

#7A787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #161B7B

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

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