#161D7B#161D7B

#161D7B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.5% C 0.155 H 269.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161D7B
RGB	rgb(22, 29, 123)
HSL	hsl(236, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(236, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.1%, 76.4%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.82, 32.98, -53.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.82, 62.78, 301.69°)
OKLab	oklab(30.54% -0.0003 -0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(30.54% 0.155 269.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.3442, 2.4789, 18.9846)
Luminance	0.0248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161D7B #7B7416

analogous

#164F7B #161D7B #41167B

triadic

#161D7B #7B161D #1D7B16

tetradic

#161D7B #7B164F #7B7416 #167B41

square

#161D7B #7B164F #7B7416 #167B41

split-complementary

#161D7B #7B4116 #4F7B16

monochromatic

#05061A #0D1147 #161D7B #1F29AF #313DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.04

#161D7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#161D7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161D7B

14.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161D7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161D7B	1.00	14.04	1.50	14.04
#FFFFFF	14.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00317E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00384A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161d7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 29, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.5% 0.155 269.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#685aa2',
    500: '#161d7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161d7b;
$custom-light: #685aa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161d7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.842,
    "s": 69.655,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30535,
    "c": 0.15473,
    "h": 269.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161D7B

secondary

#B0A83D

accent

#E03BEC

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECE9F4

border

#C7C5CE

text

#07040F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #161D7B

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

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