#161C6B#161C6B

#161C6B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.6% C 0.134 H 271.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161C6B
RGB	rgb(22, 28, 107)
HSL	hsl(236, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(236, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.4%, 73.8%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.81, 27.62, -46.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.81, 54.00, 300.76°)
OKLab	oklab(28.56% 0.0025 -0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(28.56% 0.134 271.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.3991, 2.0623, 14.1260)
Luminance	0.0206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161C6B #6B6516

analogous

#16466B #161C6B #3B166B

triadic

#161C6B #6B161C #1C6B16

tetradic

#161C6B #6B1646 #6B6516 #166B3B

square

#161C6B #6B1646 #6B6516 #166B3B

split-complementary

#161C6B #6B3B16 #466B16

monochromatic

#050719 #0C0F38 #161C6B #20299E #2B37D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.87

#161C6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#161C6B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161C6B

14.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161C6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161C6B	1.00	14.87	1.41	14.87
#FFFFFF	14.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002B6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00236A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003241

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161c6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 28, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.6% 0.134 271.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635896',
    500: '#161c6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161c6b;
$custom-light: #635896;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161c6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.765,
    "s": 65.891,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28562,
    "c": 0.13432,
    "h": 271.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161C6B

secondary

#A19A3B

accent

#DD3FE9

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06030D

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #161C6B

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

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