#161B9F#161B9F

#161B9F is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.201 H 268.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161B9F
RGB	rgb(22, 27, 159)
HSL	hsl(238, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(238, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.2%, 83%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.79, 46.49, -69.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.79, 83.47, 303.85°)
OKLab	oklab(34.59% -0.0062 -0.2008)
OKLCH	oklch(34.59% 0.201 268.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.9787, 3.4568, 33.0936)
Luminance	0.0346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161B9F #9F9A16

analogous

#165F9F #161B9F #55169F

triadic

#161B9F #9F161B #1B9F16

tetradic

#161B9F #9F165F #9F9A16 #169F55

square

#161B9F #9F165F #9F9A16 #169F55

split-complementary

#161B9F #9F5516 #5F9F16

monochromatic

#070933 #0F1269 #161B9F #1D24D5 #4A4FE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.41

#161B9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.69

#161B9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161B9F

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161B9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161B9F	1.00	12.41	1.69	12.41
#FFFFFF	12.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003BA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00465E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161b9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 27, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.201 268.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#725bbd',
    500: '#161b9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161b9f;
$custom-light: #725bbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161b9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.81,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34586,
    "c": 0.20087,
    "h": 268.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161B9F

secondary

#C7C34A

accent

#EB36F2

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEE9F7

border

#C9C5D0

text

#0A0412

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #161B9F

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

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