#161C89#161C89

#161C89 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 32.0% C 0.174 H 269.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161C89
RGB	rgb(22, 28, 137)
HSL	hsl(237, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(237, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 79.6%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.25, 38.59, -59.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.25, 71.26, 302.79°)
OKLab	oklab(32.03% -0.0023 -0.1736)
OKLCH	oklch(32.03% 0.174 269.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.2599, 2.8066, 23.9266)
Luminance	0.0281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161C89 #898316

analogous

#165589 #161C89 #491689

triadic

#161C89 #89161C #1C8916

tetradic

#161C89 #891655 #898316 #168949

square

#161C89 #891655 #898316 #168949

split-complementary

#161C89 #894916 #558916

monochromatic

#050620 #0E1154 #161C89 #1E27BE #3A43DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.45

#161C89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#161C89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161C89

13.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161C89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161C89	1.00	13.45	1.56	13.45
#FFFFFF	13.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00348C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002987

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003D52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161c89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 28, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.0% 0.174 269.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c5aad',
    500: '#161c89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161c89;
$custom-light: #6c5aad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161c89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.87,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3203,
    "c": 0.17358,
    "h": 269.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161C89

secondary

#BDB63E

accent

#E639EF

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#080410

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #161C89

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

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