#161D7C#161D7C

#161D7C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.6% C 0.156 H 269.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161D7C
RGB	rgb(22, 29, 124)
HSL	hsl(236, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(236, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.3%, 76.6%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.94, 33.35, -53.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.94, 63.35, 301.76°)
OKLab	oklab(30.65% -0.0005 -0.156)
OKLCH	oklch(30.65% 0.156 269.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.4071, 2.5040, 19.3159)
Luminance	0.0250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161D7C #7C7516

analogous

#16507C #161D7C #42167C

triadic

#161D7C #7C161D #1D7C16

tetradic

#161D7C #7C1650 #7C7516 #167C42

square

#161D7C #7C1650 #7C7516 #167C42

split-complementary

#161D7C #7C4216 #507C16

monochromatic

#05061A #0D1148 #161D7C #1F29B0 #323DDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.99

#161D7C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#161D7C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161D7C

13.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161D7C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161D7C	1.00	13.99	1.50	13.99
#FFFFFF	13.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00317F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00277A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00394B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161d7c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 29, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.6% 0.156 269.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#685aa3',
    500: '#161d7c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161d7c;
$custom-light: #685aa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161d7c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.882,
    "s": 69.863,
    "l": 28.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3065,
    "c": 0.15603,
    "h": 269.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161D7C

secondary

#B1A93D

accent

#E03BED

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECE9F4

border

#C7C5CE

text

#07040F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #161D7C

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

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