#161C7A#161C7A

#161C7A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 30.3% C 0.154 H 270.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161C7A
RGB	rgb(22, 28, 122)
HSL	hsl(236, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(236, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82%, 77%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.49, 33.24, -53.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.49, 62.84, 301.93°)
OKLab	oklab(30.26% 0.0002 -0.1545)
OKLCH	oklch(30.26% 0.154 270.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.2578, 2.4057, 18.6485)
Luminance	0.0241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161C7A #7A7416

analogous

#164E7A #161C7A #42167A

triadic

#161C7A #7A161C #1C7A16

tetradic

#161C7A #7A164E #7A7416 #167A42

square

#161C7A #7A164E #7A7416 #167A42

split-complementary

#161C7A #7A4216 #4E7A16

monochromatic

#05061A #0D1046 #161C7A #1F28AE #313BDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.18

#161C7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#161C7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161C7A

14.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161C7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161C7A	1.00	14.18	1.48	14.18
#FFFFFF	14.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00307D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002678

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003849

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161c7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 28, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.3% 0.154 270.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6759a2',
    500: '#161c7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161c7a;
$custom-light: #6759a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161c7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.4,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30262,
    "c": 0.15448,
    "h": 270.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161C7A

secondary

#AFA83D

accent

#E23CEC

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECE9F4

border

#C7C5CE

text

#07030F

muted

#7A787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #161C7A

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

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