#161C80#161C80

#161C80 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.0% C 0.162 H 269.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161C80
RGB	rgb(22, 28, 128)
HSL	hsl(237, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(237, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.8%, 78.1%, 0%, 49.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.18, 35.41, -56.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.18, 66.26, 302.30°)
OKLab	oklab(30.96% -0.0008 -0.1622)
OKLCH	oklch(30.96% 0.162 269.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.6411, 2.5591, 20.6672)
Luminance	0.0256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161C80 #807A16

analogous

#165180 #161C80 #451680

triadic

#161C80 #80161C #1C8016

tetradic

#161C80 #801651 #807A16 #168045

square

#161C80 #801651 #807A16 #168045

split-complementary

#161C80 #804516 #518016

monochromatic

#04061A #0D114C #161C80 #1F27B4 #343EDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.89

#161C80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#161C80 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161C80

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161C80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161C80	1.00	13.89	1.51	13.89
#FFFFFF	13.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003283

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00277E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161c80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 28, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.0% 0.162 269.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6959a6',
    500: '#161c80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161c80;
$custom-light: #6959a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161c80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.604,
    "s": 70.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30962,
    "c": 0.16223,
    "h": 269.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161C80

secondary

#B5AE3D

accent

#E33AED

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECE9F4

border

#C7C5CE

text

#08040F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #161C80

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

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