#161C79#161C79

#161C79 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.1% C 0.153 H 270.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161C79
RGB	rgb(22, 28, 121)
HSL	hsl(236, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(236, 82%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.8%, 76.9%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.37, 32.87, -52.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.37, 62.26, 301.86°)
OKLab	oklab(30.15% 0.0004 -0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(30.15% 0.153 270.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.1961, 2.3811, 18.3239)
Luminance	0.0238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161C79 #797316

analogous

#164D79 #161C79 #421679

triadic

#161C79 #79161C #1C7916

tetradic

#161C79 #79164D #797316 #167942

square

#161C79 #79164D #797316 #167942

split-complementary

#161C79 #794216 #4D7916

monochromatic

#05061A #0D1045 #161C79 #1F28AD #303AD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.22

#161C79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#161C79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161C79

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161C79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161C79	1.00	14.22	1.48	14.22
#FFFFFF	14.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00307C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002677

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003749

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161c79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 28, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.1% 0.153 270.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6759a1',
    500: '#161c79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161c79;
$custom-light: #6759a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161c79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.364,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30146,
    "c": 0.15317,
    "h": 270.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161C79

secondary

#AEA73D

accent

#E13CEC

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECE9F3

border

#C7C5CD

text

#07030F

muted

#7A787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #161C79

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

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