#161C72#161C72

#161C72 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.3% C 0.144 H 270.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161C72
RGB	rgb(22, 28, 114)
HSL	hsl(236, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(236, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.7%, 75.4%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.58, 30.27, -49.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.58, 58.18, 301.35°)
OKLab	oklab(29.35% 0.0015 -0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(29.35% 0.144 270.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.7824, 2.2156, 16.1446)
Luminance	0.0222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161C72 #726C16

analogous

#164A72 #161C72 #3E1672

triadic

#161C72 #72161C #1C7216

tetradic

#161C72 #72164A #726C16 #16723E

square

#161C72 #72164A #726C16 #16723E

split-complementary

#161C72 #723E16 #4A7216

monochromatic

#05061A #0C0F3F #161C72 #2029A5 #2C37D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.55

#161C72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#161C72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161C72

14.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161C72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161C72	1.00	14.55	1.44	14.55
#FFFFFF	14.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002470

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003545

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161c72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 28, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.3% 0.144 270.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#65599c',
    500: '#161c72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161c72;
$custom-light: #65599c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161c72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.087,
    "s": 67.647,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29346,
    "c": 0.14388,
    "h": 270.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161C72

secondary

#A8A13C

accent

#DF3DEB

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#07030E

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #161C72

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

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