#161C8F#161C8F

#161C8F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.8% C 0.181 H 268.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161C8F
RGB	rgb(22, 28, 143)
HSL	hsl(237, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(237, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.6%, 80.4%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.98, 40.66, -62.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.98, 74.53, 303.07°)
OKLab	oklab(32.75% -0.0034 -0.1809)
OKLCH	oklch(32.75% 0.181 268.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.7024, 2.9836, 26.2566)
Luminance	0.0298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161C8F #8F8916

analogous

#16588F #161C8F #4D168F

triadic

#161C8F #8F161C #1C8F16

tetradic

#161C8F #8F1658 #8F8916 #168F4D

square

#161C8F #8F1658 #8F8916 #168F4D

split-complementary

#161C8F #8F4D16 #588F16

monochromatic

#060725 #0E125A #161C8F #1E26C4 #3E46E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.15

#161C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.60

#161C8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161C8F

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161C8F	1.00	13.15	1.60	13.15
#FFFFFF	13.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003692

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 28, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.8% 0.181 268.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d5ab1',
    500: '#161c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161c8f;
$custom-light: #6d5ab1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.025,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32751,
    "c": 0.18096,
    "h": 268.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161C8F

secondary

#C1BB3F

accent

#E738F0

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EDE9F6

border

#C8C5D0

text

#090411

muted

#7B7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #161C8F

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

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