#161D74#161D74

#161D74 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.7% C 0.145 H 270.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161D74
RGB	rgb(22, 29, 116)
HSL	hsl(236, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(236, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(81%, 75%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.04, 30.38, -50.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.04, 58.70, 301.17°)
OKLab	oklab(29.74% 0.0007 -0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(29.74% 0.145 270.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.9216, 2.3098, 16.7588)
Luminance	0.0231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161D74 #746D16

analogous

#164C74 #161D74 #3E1674

triadic

#161D74 #74161D #1D7416

tetradic

#161D74 #74164C #746D16 #16743E

square

#161D74 #74164C #746D16 #16743E

split-complementary

#161D74 #743E16 #4C7416

monochromatic

#05061A #0C1041 #161D74 #202AA7 #2D3AD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.36

#161D74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#161D74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161D74

14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161D74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161D74	1.00	14.36	1.46	14.36
#FFFFFF	14.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002572

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003646

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161d74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 29, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.7% 0.145 270.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#66599d',
    500: '#161d74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161d74;
$custom-light: #66599d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161d74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.532,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29738,
    "c": 0.14544,
    "h": 270.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161D74

secondary

#AAA23C

accent

#DE3DEB

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#07030E

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #161D74

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

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