#161BA1#161BA1

#161BA1 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.8% C 0.203 H 268.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161BA1
RGB	rgb(22, 27, 161)
HSL	hsl(238, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(238, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 83.2%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.04, 47.14, -70.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.04, 84.49, 303.91°)
OKLab	oklab(34.83% -0.0065 -0.2031)
OKLCH	oklch(34.83% 0.203 268.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.1536, 3.5268, 34.0150)
Luminance	0.0353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161BA1 #A19C16

analogous

#1660A1 #161BA1 #5616A1

triadic

#161BA1 #A1161B #1BA116

tetradic

#161BA1 #A11660 #A19C16 #16A156

square

#161BA1 #A11660 #A19C16 #16A156

split-complementary

#161BA1 #A15616 #60A116

monochromatic

#070935 #0F126B #161BA1 #1D24D7 #4B51E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.31

#161BA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#161BA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161BA1

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161BA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161BA1	1.00	12.31	1.71	12.31
#FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003CA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002D9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004760

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161ba1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 27, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.8% 0.203 268.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#725bbe',
    500: '#161ba1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161ba1;
$custom-light: #725bbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161ba1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.842,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34834,
    "c": 0.20319,
    "h": 268.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161BA1

secondary

#C8C34B

accent

#EC35F3

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEE9F7

border

#C9C5D0

text

#0A0412

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #161BA1

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

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