#161C71#161C71

#161C71 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.2% C 0.143 H 270.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161C71
RGB	rgb(22, 28, 113)
HSL	hsl(236, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(236, 81%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.5%, 75.2%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.47, 29.90, -49.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.47, 57.59, 301.28°)
OKLab	oklab(29.23% 0.0017 -0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(29.23% 0.143 270.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.7258, 2.1929, 15.8465)
Luminance	0.0219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161C71 #716B16

analogous

#164A71 #161C71 #3E1671

triadic

#161C71 #71161C #1C7116

tetradic

#161C71 #71164A #716B16 #16713E

square

#161C71 #71164A #716B16 #16713E

split-complementary

#161C71 #713E16 #4A7116

monochromatic

#05061A #0C0F3E #161C71 #2029A4 #2C37D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.60

#161C71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#161C71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161C71

14.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161C71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161C71	1.00	14.60	1.44	14.60
#FFFFFF	14.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00246F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003444

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161c71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 28, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.2% 0.143 270.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#65599b',
    500: '#161c71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161c71;
$custom-light: #65599b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161c71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.044,
    "s": 67.407,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29233,
    "c": 0.14253,
    "h": 270.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161C71

secondary

#A7A03C

accent

#DF3EEA

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#07030E

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #161C71

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

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