#161B8F#161B8F

#161B8F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.6% C 0.182 H 269.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161B8F
RGB	rgb(22, 27, 143)
HSL	hsl(238, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(238, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.6%, 81.1%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.79, 41.21, -62.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.79, 75.09, 303.28°)
OKLab	oklab(32.62% -0.0032 -0.1818)
OKLCH	oklch(32.62% 0.182 269)
XYZ	xyz(5.6790, 2.9369, 26.2488)
Luminance	0.0294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161B8F #8F8A16

analogous

#16578F #161B8F #4E168F

triadic

#161B8F #8F161B #1B8F16

tetradic

#161B8F #8F1657 #8F8A16 #168F4E

square

#161B8F #8F1657 #8F8A16 #168F4E

split-complementary

#161B8F #8F4E16 #578F16

monochromatic

#060725 #0E115A #161B8F #1E25C4 #3E45E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.23

#161B8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#161B8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161B8F

13.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161B8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161B8F	1.00	13.23	1.59	13.23
#FFFFFF	13.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003692

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00298D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161b8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 27, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.6% 0.182 269.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d5ab1',
    500: '#161b8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161b8f;
$custom-light: #6d5ab1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161b8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.521,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32619,
    "c": 0.18185,
    "h": 269
  },
  "luminance": 0.02938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161B8F

secondary

#C1BC3F

accent

#E838F0

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EDE9F6

border

#C8C5D0

text

#090411

muted

#7B7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #161B8F

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

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