#161B8E#161B8E

#161B8E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.5% C 0.181 H 269.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161B8E
RGB	rgb(22, 27, 142)
HSL	hsl(238, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(238, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 81%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.67, 40.87, -62.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.67, 74.55, 303.24°)
OKLab	oklab(32.5% -0.003 -0.1806)
OKLCH	oklch(32.5% 0.181 269)
XYZ	xyz(5.6036, 2.9068, 25.8517)
Luminance	0.0291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161B8E #8E8916

analogous

#16578E #161B8E #4D168E

triadic

#161B8E #8E161B #1B8E16

tetradic

#161B8E #8E1657 #8E8916 #168E4D

square

#161B8E #8E1657 #8E8916 #168E4D

split-complementary

#161B8E #8E4D16 #578E16

monochromatic

#060724 #0E1159 #161B8E #1E25C3 #3D44E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.28

#161B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#161B8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161B8E

13.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161B8E	1.00	13.28	1.58	13.28
#FFFFFF	13.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003691

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00298C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 27, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.5% 0.181 269.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d5ab0',
    500: '#161b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161b8e;
$custom-light: #6d5ab0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32497,
    "c": 0.18063,
    "h": 269
  },
  "luminance": 0.02907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161B8E

secondary

#C1BC3F

accent

#E838F0

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EDE9F6

border

#C8C5D0

text

#090411

muted

#7B7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #161B8E

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

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