#161C8D#161C8D

#161C8D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.5% C 0.179 H 269.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161C8D
RGB	rgb(22, 28, 141)
HSL	hsl(237, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(237, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 80.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.73, 39.98, -61.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.73, 73.44, 302.98°)
OKLab	oklab(32.51% -0.0031 -0.1785)
OKLCH	oklch(32.51% 0.179 269)
XYZ	xyz(5.5522, 2.9235, 25.4658)
Luminance	0.0292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161C8D #8D8716

analogous

#16588D #161C8D #4C168D

triadic

#161C8D #8D161C #1C8D16

tetradic

#161C8D #8D1658 #8D8716 #168D4C

square

#161C8D #8D1658 #8D8716 #168D4C

split-complementary

#161C8D #8D4C16 #588D16

monochromatic

#050723 #0E1158 #161C8D #1E27C2 #3D45E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.25

#161C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#161C8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161C8D

13.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161C8D	1.00	13.25	1.58	13.25
#FFFFFF	13.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003690

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003F54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 28, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.5% 0.179 269.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d5ab0',
    500: '#161c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161c8d;
$custom-light: #6d5ab0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.975,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3251,
    "c": 0.17852,
    "h": 269
  },
  "luminance": 0.02924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161C8D

secondary

#C1BA3E

accent

#E638F0

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EDE9F6

border

#C8C5D0

text

#080411

muted

#7B7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #161C8D

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

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