#161C7E#161C7E

#161C7E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.7% C 0.160 H 269.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161C7E
RGB	rgb(22, 28, 126)
HSL	hsl(237, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(237, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 77.8%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.95, 34.69, -55.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.95, 65.13, 302.18°)
OKLab	oklab(30.73% -0.0004 -0.1597)
OKLCH	oklch(30.73% 0.16 269.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.5107, 2.5069, 19.9808)
Luminance	0.0251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161C7E #7E7816

analogous

#16507E #161C7E #44167E

triadic

#161C7E #7E161C #1C7E16

tetradic

#161C7E #7E1650 #7E7816 #167E44

square

#161C7E #7E1650 #7E7816 #167E44

split-complementary

#161C7E #7E4416 #507E16

monochromatic

#05061A #0D104A #161C7E #1F28B2 #333DDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.99

#161C7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#161C7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161C7E

13.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161C7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161C7E	1.00	13.99	1.50	13.99
#FFFFFF	13.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003181

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00277C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00394C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161c7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 28, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.7% 0.160 269.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6959a5',
    500: '#161c7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161c7e;
$custom-light: #6959a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161c7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.538,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30728,
    "c": 0.15966,
    "h": 269.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161C7E

secondary

#B3AC3D

accent

#E33BED

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECE9F4

border

#C7C5CE

text

#07030F

muted

#7A787F

Preview Lab

Preview with #161C7E

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

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