#161C6E#161C6E

#161C6E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.9% C 0.138 H 270.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161C6E
RGB	rgb(22, 28, 110)
HSL	hsl(236, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(236, 80%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 74.5%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.14, 28.76, -47.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.14, 55.80, 301.03°)
OKLab	oklab(28.9% 0.0021 -0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(28.9% 0.138 270.9)
XYZ	xyz(3.5596, 2.1265, 14.9717)
Luminance	0.0213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161C6E #6E6816

analogous

#16486E #161C6E #3C166E

triadic

#161C6E #6E161C #1C6E16

tetradic

#161C6E #6E1648 #6E6816 #166E3C

square

#161C6E #6E1648 #6E6816 #166E3C

split-complementary

#161C6E #6E3C16 #486E16

monochromatic

#05061A #0C0F3B #161C6E #2029A1 #2A36D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.73

#161C6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#161C6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161C6E

14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161C6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161C6E	1.00	14.73	1.43	14.73
#FFFFFF	14.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00246D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003343

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161c6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 28, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.9% 0.138 270.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#645899',
    500: '#161c6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161c6e;
$custom-light: #645899;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161c6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.909,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28896,
    "c": 0.13845,
    "h": 270.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161C6E

secondary

#A49D3C

accent

#DE3EEA

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06030E

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #161C6E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →