#161C69#161C69

#161C69 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.3% C 0.132 H 271.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161C69
RGB	rgb(22, 28, 105)
HSL	hsl(236, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(236, 79%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(79%, 73.3%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.60, 26.85, -45.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.60, 52.78, 300.57°)
OKLab	oklab(28.34% 0.0028 -0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(28.34% 0.132 271.2)
XYZ	xyz(3.2951, 2.0207, 13.5782)
Luminance	0.0202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161C69 #696316

analogous

#164569 #161C69 #3A1669

triadic

#161C69 #69161C #1C6916

tetradic

#161C69 #691645 #696316 #16693A

square

#161C69 #691645 #696316 #16693A

split-complementary

#161C69 #693A16 #456916

monochromatic

#050719 #0B0F36 #161C69 #21299C #2B37CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.96

#161C69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.40

#161C69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161C69

14.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161C69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161C69	1.00	14.96	1.40	14.96
#FFFFFF	14.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002368

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003140

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161c69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 28, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.3% 0.132 271.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635895',
    500: '#161c69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161c69;
$custom-light: #635895;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161c69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.663,
    "s": 65.354,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28342,
    "c": 0.13154,
    "h": 271.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161C69

secondary

#9F983B

accent

#DC3FE8

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06030D

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #161C69

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

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