#161C87#161C87

#161C87 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.8% C 0.171 H 269.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161C87
RGB	rgb(22, 28, 135)
HSL	hsl(237, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(237, 84%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.7%, 79.3%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.01, 37.89, -59.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.01, 70.16, 302.69°)
OKLab	oklab(31.79% -0.002 -0.1711)
OKLCH	oklch(31.79% 0.171 269.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.1178, 2.7497, 23.1780)
Luminance	0.0275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161C87 #878116

analogous

#165487 #161C87 #481687

triadic

#161C87 #87161C #1C8716

tetradic

#161C87 #871654 #878116 #168748

square

#161C87 #871654 #878116 #168748

split-complementary

#161C87 #874816 #548716

monochromatic

#05061E #0D1152 #161C87 #1F27BC #3942DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.55

#161C87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#161C87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161C87

13.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161C87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161C87	1.00	13.55	1.55	13.55
#FFFFFF	13.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00348A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002885

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003D51

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161c87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 28, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.8% 0.171 269.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b5aab',
    500: '#161c87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161c87;
$custom-light: #6b5aab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161c87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.814,
    "s": 71.975,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31791,
    "c": 0.17108,
    "h": 269.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161C87

secondary

#BBB43E

accent

#E539EF

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#080410

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #161C87

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

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