#161B7E#161B7E

#161B7E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.6% C 0.161 H 270.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161B7E
RGB	rgb(22, 27, 126)
HSL	hsl(237, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(237, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 78.6%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.74, 35.29, -55.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.74, 65.74, 302.46°)
OKLab	oklab(30.58% -0.0001 -0.1607)
OKLCH	oklch(30.58% 0.161 270)
XYZ	xyz(4.4874, 2.4603, 19.9730)
Luminance	0.0246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161B7E #7E7916

analogous

#164F7E #161B7E #45167E

triadic

#161B7E #7E161B #1B7E16

tetradic

#161B7E #7E164F #7E7916 #167E45

square

#161B7E #7E164F #7E7916 #167E45

split-complementary

#161B7E #7E4516 #4F7E16

monochromatic

#05061A #0D104A #161B7E #1F26B2 #333BDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.07

#161B7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#161B7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161B7E

14.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161B7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161B7E	1.00	14.07	1.49	14.07
#FFFFFF	14.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003181

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00267C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00394B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161b7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 27, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.6% 0.161 270.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6959a5',
    500: '#161b7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161b7e;
$custom-light: #6959a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161b7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.115,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30578,
    "c": 0.16067,
    "h": 270
  },
  "luminance": 0.02461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161B7E

secondary

#B3AD3D

accent

#E43BED

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECE9F4

border

#C7C5CE

text

#07030F

muted

#7A787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #161B7E

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

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