#161C78#161C78

#161C78 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.0% C 0.152 H 270.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161C78
RGB	rgb(22, 28, 120)
HSL	hsl(236, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(236, 82%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.7%, 76.7%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.26, 32.50, -52.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.26, 61.69, 301.80°)
OKLab	oklab(30.03% 0.0006 -0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(30.03% 0.152 270.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.1351, 2.3567, 18.0026)
Luminance	0.0236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161C78 #787216

analogous

#164D78 #161C78 #411678

triadic

#161C78 #78161C #1C7816

tetradic

#161C78 #78164D #787216 #167841

square

#161C78 #78164D #787216 #167841

split-complementary

#161C78 #784116 #4D7816

monochromatic

#05061A #0D1044 #161C78 #1F28AC #2F3AD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.27

#161C78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#161C78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161C78

14.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161C78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161C78	1.00	14.27	1.47	14.27
#FFFFFF	14.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002676

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003748

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161c78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 28, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.0% 0.152 270.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6759a0',
    500: '#161c78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161c78;
$custom-light: #6759a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161c78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.327,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30031,
    "c": 0.15185,
    "h": 270.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161C78

secondary

#ADA63C

accent

#E13CEC

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#EBE9F3

border

#C6C5CD

text

#07030F

muted

#7A787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #161C78

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

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