#161C74#161C74

#161C74 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.6% C 0.147 H 270.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161C74
RGB	rgb(22, 28, 116)
HSL	hsl(236, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(236, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(81%, 75.9%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.80, 31.02, -50.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.80, 59.36, 301.51°)
OKLab	oklab(29.57% 0.0012 -0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(29.57% 0.147 270.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.8974, 2.2616, 16.7507)
Luminance	0.0226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161C74 #746E16

analogous

#164B74 #161C74 #3F1674

triadic

#161C74 #74161C #1C7416

tetradic

#161C74 #74164B #746E16 #16743F

square

#161C74 #74164B #746E16 #16743F

split-complementary

#161C74 #743F16 #4B7416

monochromatic

#05061A #0C1041 #161C74 #2028A7 #2D38D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.46

#161C74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#161C74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161C74

14.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161C74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161C74	1.00	14.46	1.45	14.46
#FFFFFF	14.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002572

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003546

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161c74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 28, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.6% 0.147 270.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#66599d',
    500: '#161c74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161c74;
$custom-light: #66599d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161c74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.17,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29573,
    "c": 0.14655,
    "h": 270.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161C74

secondary

#AAA33C

accent

#E03DEB

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#07030E

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #161C74

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

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