#161C76#161C76

#161C76 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.8% C 0.149 H 270.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161C76
RGB	rgb(22, 28, 118)
HSL	hsl(236, 69%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(236, 81%, 46%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.4%, 76.3%, 0%, 53.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.03, 31.76, -51.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.03, 60.53, 301.65°)
OKLab	oklab(29.8% 0.0009 -0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(29.8% 0.149 270.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.0150, 2.3086, 17.3700)
Luminance	0.0231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161C76 #767016

analogous

#164C76 #161C76 #401676

triadic

#161C76 #76161C #1C7616

tetradic

#161C76 #76164C #767016 #167640

square

#161C76 #76164C #767016 #167640

split-complementary

#161C76 #764016 #4C7616

monochromatic

#05061A #0C1042 #161C76 #2028AA #2E39D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.37

#161C76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#161C76 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161C76

14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161C76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161C76	1.00	14.37	1.46	14.37
#FFFFFF	14.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002574

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003647

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161c76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 28, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.8% 0.149 270.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#66599f',
    500: '#161c76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161c76;
$custom-light: #66599f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161c76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.25,
    "s": 68.571,
    "l": 27.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29801,
    "c": 0.14921,
    "h": 270.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161C76

secondary

#ACA53C

accent

#E03CEB

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#07030F

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #161C76

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

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