#161B8D#161B8D

#161B8D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.4% C 0.179 H 269.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161B8D
RGB	rgb(22, 27, 141)
HSL	hsl(237, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(237, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 80.9%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.54, 40.53, -61.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.54, 74.01, 303.20°)
OKLab	oklab(32.38% -0.0028 -0.1794)
OKLCH	oklch(32.38% 0.179 269.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.5289, 2.8769, 25.4580)
Luminance	0.0288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161B8D #8D8816

analogous

#16578D #161B8D #4D168D

triadic

#161B8D #8D161B #1B8D16

tetradic

#161B8D #8D1657 #8D8816 #168D4D

square

#161B8D #8D1657 #8D8816 #168D4D

split-complementary

#161B8D #8D4D16 #578D16

monochromatic

#050723 #0E1158 #161B8D #1E25C2 #3D44E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.33

#161B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#161B8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161B8D

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161B8D	1.00	13.33	1.58	13.33
#FFFFFF	13.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003590

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00298B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 27, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.4% 0.179 269.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d5ab0',
    500: '#161b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161b8d;
$custom-light: #6d5ab0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.479,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32376,
    "c": 0.17941,
    "h": 269.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161B8D

secondary

#C1BB3E

accent

#E838F0

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EDE9F6

border

#C8C5D0

text

#080411

muted

#7B7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #161B8D

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

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