#161C81#161C81

#161C81 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.1% C 0.164 H 269.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161C81
RGB	rgb(22, 28, 129)
HSL	hsl(237, 71%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(237, 83%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.9%, 78.3%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.30, 35.77, -56.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.30, 66.82, 302.36°)
OKLab	oklab(31.08% -0.0009 -0.1635)
OKLCH	oklch(31.08% 0.164 269.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.7072, 2.5855, 21.0156)
Luminance	0.0259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161C81 #817B16

analogous

#165181 #161C81 #461681

triadic

#161C81 #81161C #1C8116

tetradic

#161C81 #811651 #817B16 #168146

square

#161C81 #811651 #817B16 #168146

split-complementary

#161C81 #814616 #518116

monochromatic

#04061A #0D114D #161C81 #1F27B5 #353EDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.84

#161C81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#161C81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161C81

13.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161C81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161C81	1.00	13.84	1.52	13.84
#FFFFFF	13.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003284

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00277F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003A4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161c81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 28, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.1% 0.164 269.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6959a7',
    500: '#161c81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161c81;
$custom-light: #6959a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161c81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.636,
    "s": 70.861,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3108,
    "c": 0.16351,
    "h": 269.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161C81

secondary

#B6AF3D

accent

#E43AEE

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECE9F4

border

#C7C5CE

text

#080410

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #161C81

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

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