#161C7C#161C7C

#161C7C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.5% C 0.157 H 270.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161C7C
RGB	rgb(22, 28, 124)
HSL	hsl(236, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(236, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.3%, 77.4%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.72, 33.97, -54.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.72, 63.99, 302.06°)
OKLab	oklab(30.49% -0.0001 -0.1571)
OKLCH	oklch(30.49% 0.157 270)
XYZ	xyz(4.3830, 2.4558, 19.3079)
Luminance	0.0246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161C7C #7C7616

analogous

#164F7C #161C7C #43167C

triadic

#161C7C #7C161C #1C7C16

tetradic

#161C7C #7C164F #7C7616 #167C43

square

#161C7C #7C164F #7C7616 #167C43

split-complementary

#161C7C #7C4316 #4F7C16

monochromatic

#05061A #0D1048 #161C7C #1F28B0 #323CDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.08

#161C7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#161C7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161C7C

14.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161C7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161C7C	1.00	14.08	1.49	14.08
#FFFFFF	14.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00307F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00267A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00384A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161c7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 28, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.5% 0.157 270.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6859a3',
    500: '#161c7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161c7c;
$custom-light: #6859a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161c7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.471,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30494,
    "c": 0.15708,
    "h": 270
  },
  "luminance": 0.02456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161C7C

secondary

#B1AA3D

accent

#E23BED

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECE9F4

border

#C7C5CE

text

#07030F

muted

#7A787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #161C7C

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

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