#161C8E#161C8E

#161C8E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.6% C 0.180 H 269.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161C8E
RGB	rgb(22, 28, 142)
HSL	hsl(237, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(237, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 80.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.86, 40.32, -62.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.86, 73.99, 303.02°)
OKLab	oklab(32.63% -0.0032 -0.1797)
OKLCH	oklch(32.63% 0.18 269)
XYZ	xyz(5.6269, 2.9534, 25.8594)
Luminance	0.0295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161C8E #8E8816

analogous

#16588E #161C8E #4C168E

triadic

#161C8E #8E161C #1C8E16

tetradic

#161C8E #8E1658 #8E8816 #168E4C

square

#161C8E #8E1658 #8E8816 #168E4C

split-complementary

#161C8E #8E4C16 #588E16

monochromatic

#060724 #0E1259 #161C8E #1E26C3 #3D46E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.20

#161C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#161C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161C8E

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161C8E	1.00	13.20	1.59	13.20
#FFFFFF	13.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003691

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 28, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.6% 0.180 269.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d5ab0',
    500: '#161c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161c8e;
$custom-light: #6d5ab0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3263,
    "c": 0.17975,
    "h": 269
  },
  "luminance": 0.02954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161C8E

secondary

#C1BA3F

accent

#E738F0

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EDE9F6

border

#C8C5D0

text

#090411

muted

#7B7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #161C8E

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

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