#161D7E#161D7E

#161D7E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.9% C 0.159 H 269.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161D7E
RGB	rgb(22, 29, 126)
HSL	hsl(236, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(236, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 77%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.17, 34.08, -54.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.17, 64.50, 301.90°)
OKLab	oklab(30.88% -0.0008 -0.1586)
OKLCH	oklch(30.88% 0.159 269.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.5348, 2.5551, 19.9888)
Luminance	0.0256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161D7E #7E7716

analogous

#16517E #161D7E #43167E

triadic

#161D7E #7E161D #1D7E16

tetradic

#161D7E #7E1651 #7E7716 #167E43

square

#161D7E #7E1651 #7E7716 #167E43

split-complementary

#161D7E #7E4316 #517E16

monochromatic

#05061A #0D114A #161D7E #1F29B2 #333EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.90

#161D7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#161D7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161D7E

13.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161D7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161D7E	1.00	13.90	1.51	13.90
#FFFFFF	13.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003181

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00277C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00394C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161d7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 29, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.9% 0.159 269.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#685aa4',
    500: '#161d7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161d7e;
$custom-light: #685aa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161d7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.962,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30881,
    "c": 0.15863,
    "h": 269.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161D7E

secondary

#B3AB3D

accent

#E13BED

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECE9F4

border

#C7C5CE

text

#07040F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #161D7E

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

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