#161D89#161D89

#161D89 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.2% C 0.173 H 269.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161D89
RGB	rgb(22, 29, 137)
HSL	hsl(236, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(236, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 78.8%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.45, 38.02, -59.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.45, 70.67, 302.54°)
OKLab	oklab(32.17% -0.0026 -0.1726)
OKLCH	oklch(32.17% 0.173 269.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.2841, 2.8548, 23.9346)
Luminance	0.0285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161D89 #898216

analogous

#165689 #161D89 #481689

triadic

#161D89 #89161D #1D8916

tetradic

#161D89 #891656 #898216 #168948

square

#161D89 #891656 #898216 #168948

split-complementary

#161D89 #894816 #568916

monochromatic

#050720 #0E1254 #161D89 #1E28BE #3A44DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.37

#161D89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#161D89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161D89

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161D89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161D89	1.00	13.37	1.57	13.37
#FFFFFF	13.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00358C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002987

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003E52

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161d89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 29, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.2% 0.173 269.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6c5bad',
    500: '#161d89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161d89;
$custom-light: #6c5bad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161d89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.348,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32171,
    "c": 0.17263,
    "h": 269.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161D89

secondary

#BDB53E

accent

#E439EF

background

#F7F5FA

surface

#EDE9F4

border

#C8C5CE

text

#080410

muted

#7B797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #161D89

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

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