#161C70#161C70

#161C70 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.1% C 0.141 H 270.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161C70
RGB	rgb(22, 28, 112)
HSL	hsl(236, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(236, 80%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.4%, 75%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.36, 29.52, -48.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.36, 57.00, 301.19°)
OKLab	oklab(29.12% 0.0018 -0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(29.12% 0.141 270.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.6698, 2.1705, 15.5516)
Luminance	0.0217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161C70 #706A16

analogous

#164970 #161C70 #3D1670

triadic

#161C70 #70161C #1C7016

tetradic

#161C70 #701649 #706A16 #16703D

square

#161C70 #701649 #706A16 #16703D

split-complementary

#161C70 #703D16 #497016

monochromatic

#05061A #0C0F3D #161C70 #2029A3 #2B36D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.64

#161C70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#161C70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161C70

14.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161C70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161C70	1.00	14.64	1.43	14.64
#FFFFFF	14.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00246E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003444

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161c70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 28, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.1% 0.141 270.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#65599a',
    500: '#161c70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161c70;
$custom-light: #65599a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161c70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2912,
    "c": 0.14117,
    "h": 270.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161C70

secondary

#A69F3C

accent

#DF3EEA

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06030E

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #161C70

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

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