#161B9E#161B9E

#161B9E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.200 H 268.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161B9E
RGB	rgb(22, 27, 158)
HSL	hsl(238, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(238, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 82.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.66, 46.17, -68.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.66, 82.95, 303.82°)
OKLab	oklab(34.46% -0.006 -0.1996)
OKLCH	oklch(34.46% 0.2 268.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.8922, 3.4222, 32.6384)
Luminance	0.0342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161B9E #9E9916

analogous

#165F9E #161B9E #55169E

triadic

#161B9E #9E161B #1B9E16

tetradic

#161B9E #9E165F #9E9916 #169E55

square

#161B9E #9E165F #9E9916 #169E55

split-complementary

#161B9E #9E5516 #5F9E16

monochromatic

#070933 #0F1268 #161B9E #1D24D4 #494FE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.47

#161B9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#161B9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161B9E

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161B9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161B9E	1.00	12.47	1.68	12.47
#FFFFFF	12.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003BA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00455E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161b9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 27, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.200 268.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#725bbc',
    500: '#161b9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161b9e;
$custom-light: #725bbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161b9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.794,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34462,
    "c": 0.1997,
    "h": 268.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.03423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161B9E

secondary

#C7C249

accent

#EB36F2

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEE9F7

border

#C9C5D0

text

#0A0412

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #161B9E

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

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