#161D8D#161D8D

#161D8D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.030; OKLCH L 32.6% C 0.178 H 268.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161D8D
RGB	rgb(22, 29, 141)
HSL	hsl(236, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(236, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 79.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.93, 39.41, -61.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.93, 72.87, 302.74°)
OKLab	oklab(32.65% -0.0033 -0.1776)
OKLCH	oklch(32.65% 0.178 268.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.5763, 2.9717, 25.4738)
Luminance	0.0297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161D8D #8D8616

analogous

#16588D #161D8D #4B168D

triadic

#161D8D #8D161D #1D8D16

tetradic

#161D8D #8D1658 #8D8616 #168D4B

square

#161D8D #8D1658 #8D8616 #168D4B

split-complementary

#161D8D #8D4B16 #588D16

monochromatic

#050723 #0E1258 #161D8D #1E28C2 #3D46E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.17

#161D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.59

#161D8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161D8D

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161D8D	1.00	13.17	1.59	13.17
#FFFFFF	13.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003690

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003F54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 29, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.6% 0.178 268.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d5bb0',
    500: '#161d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161d8d;
$custom-light: #6d5bb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.471,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32647,
    "c": 0.1776,
    "h": 268.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161D8D

secondary

#C1B93E

accent

#E538F0

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EDE9F6

border

#C8C5D0

text

#080411

muted

#7B7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #161D8D

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

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