#161E63#161E63

#161E63 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 28.1% C 0.121 H 271.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161E63
RGB	rgb(22, 30, 99)
HSL	hsl(234, 64%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(234, 78%, 39%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 69.7%, 0%, 61.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.49, 23.11, -41.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.49, 47.66, 299.01°)
OKLab	oklab(28.07% 0.0021 -0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(28.07% 0.121 271)
XYZ	xyz(3.0465, 1.9997, 12.0274)
Luminance	0.0200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161E63 #635B16

analogous

#164463 #161E63 #341663

triadic

#161E63 #63161E #1E6316

tetradic

#161E63 #631644 #635B16 #166334

square

#161E63 #631644 #635B16 #166334

split-complementary

#161E63 #633416 #446316

monochromatic

#060819 #0B0F31 #161E63 #212D95 #2C3CC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.00

#161E63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.40

#161E63 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161E63

15.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161E63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161E63	1.00	15.00	1.40	15.00
#FFFFFF	15.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A65

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00303D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161e63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 30, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.1% 0.121 271.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#615990',
    500: '#161e63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161e63;
$custom-light: #615990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161e63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.766,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 23.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28073,
    "c": 0.12051,
    "h": 271
  },
  "luminance": 0.02
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161E63

secondary

#9A903B

accent

#D541E7

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#06030D

muted

#7A787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #161E63

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

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