#161B7F#161B7F

#161B7F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.7% C 0.162 H 269.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161B7F
RGB	rgb(22, 27, 127)
HSL	hsl(237, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(237, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 78.7%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.86, 35.65, -55.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.86, 66.31, 302.52°)
OKLab	oklab(30.7% -0.0002 -0.1619)
OKLCH	oklch(30.7% 0.162 269.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.5523, 2.4862, 20.3145)
Luminance	0.0249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161B7F #7F7A16

analogous

#16507F #161B7F #46167F

triadic

#161B7F #7F161B #1B7F16

tetradic

#161B7F #7F1650 #7F7A16 #167F46

square

#161B7F #7F1650 #7F7A16 #167F46

split-complementary

#161B7F #7F4616 #507F16

monochromatic

#05061A #0D104B #161B7F #1F26B3 #343CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.02

#161B7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#161B7F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161B7F

14.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161B7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161B7F	1.00	14.02	1.50	14.02
#FFFFFF	14.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003182

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00267D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00394C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161b7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 27, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.7% 0.162 269.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6959a5',
    500: '#161b7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161b7f;
$custom-light: #6959a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161b7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.143,
    "s": 70.47,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30696,
    "c": 0.16195,
    "h": 269.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161B7F

secondary

#B4AE3D

accent

#E53BED

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECE9F4

border

#C7C5CE

text

#08030F

muted

#7A787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #161B7F

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

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