#161B8B#161B8B

#161B8B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.1% C 0.177 H 269.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161B8B
RGB	rgb(22, 27, 139)
HSL	hsl(237, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(237, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 80.6%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.30, 39.84, -61.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.30, 72.93, 303.11°)
OKLab	oklab(32.13% -0.0024 -0.1769)
OKLCH	oklch(32.13% 0.177 269.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.3814, 2.8179, 24.6814)
Luminance	0.0282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161B8B #8B8616

analogous

#16568B #161B8B #4C168B

triadic

#161B8B #8B161B #1B8B16

tetradic

#161B8B #8B1656 #8B8616 #168B4C

square

#161B8B #8B1656 #8B8616 #168B4C

split-complementary

#161B8B #8B4C16 #568B16

monochromatic

#050621 #0E1156 #161B8B #1E25C0 #3B42E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.43

#161B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#161B8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161B8B

13.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161B8B	1.00	13.43	1.56	13.43
#FFFFFF	13.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00358E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002989

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003E53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 27, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.1% 0.177 269.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c5aae',
    500: '#161b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161b8b;
$custom-light: #6c5aae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.436,
    "s": 72.671,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32133,
    "c": 0.17697,
    "h": 269.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161B8B

secondary

#BFB93E

accent

#E838EF

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F5

border

#C8C5CF

text

#080410

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #161B8B

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

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