#161B87#161B87

#161B87 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.7% C 0.172 H 269.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161B87
RGB	rgb(22, 27, 135)
HSL	hsl(237, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(237, 84%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.7%, 80%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.81, 38.46, -59.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.81, 70.75, 302.93°)
OKLab	oklab(31.65% -0.0017 -0.172)
OKLCH	oklch(31.65% 0.172 269.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.0945, 2.7031, 23.1702)
Luminance	0.0270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161B87 #878216

analogous

#165387 #161B87 #491687

triadic

#161B87 #87161B #1B8716

tetradic

#161B87 #871653 #878216 #168749

square

#161B87 #871653 #878216 #168749

split-complementary

#161B87 #874916 #538716

monochromatic

#05061E #0D1052 #161B87 #1F26BC #3940DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.63

#161B87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#161B87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161B87

13.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161B87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161B87	1.00	13.63	1.54	13.63
#FFFFFF	13.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00338A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002885

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003C50

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161b87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 27, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.7% 0.172 269.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b59ab',
    500: '#161b87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161b87;
$custom-light: #6b59ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161b87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.345,
    "s": 71.975,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31651,
    "c": 0.17203,
    "h": 269.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161B87

secondary

#BBB63E

accent

#E739EF

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#080410

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #161B87

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

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