#161D81#161D81

#161D81 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.2% C 0.163 H 269.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161D81
RGB	rgb(22, 29, 129)
HSL	hsl(236, 71%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(236, 83%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.9%, 77.5%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.51, 35.17, -56.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.51, 66.20, 302.09°)
OKLab	oklab(31.23% -0.0013 -0.1625)
OKLCH	oklch(31.23% 0.163 269.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.7313, 2.6337, 21.0236)
Luminance	0.0263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161D81 #817A16

analogous

#165381 #161D81 #451681

triadic

#161D81 #81161D #1D8116

tetradic

#161D81 #811653 #817A16 #168145

square

#161D81 #811653 #817A16 #168145

split-complementary

#161D81 #814516 #538116

monochromatic

#04061A #0D114D #161D81 #1F29B5 #3540DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.75

#161D81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.53

#161D81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161D81

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161D81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161D81	1.00	13.75	1.53	13.75
#FFFFFF	13.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003284

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00287F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003B4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161d81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 29, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.2% 0.163 269.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#695aa7',
    500: '#161d81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161d81;
$custom-light: #695aa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161d81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.075,
    "s": 70.861,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3123,
    "c": 0.16251,
    "h": 269.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161D81

secondary

#B6AE3D

accent

#E23AEE

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECE9F4

border

#C7C5CE

text

#080410

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #161D81

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

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