#161E68#161E68

#161E68 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.6% C 0.128 H 270.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161E68
RGB	rgb(22, 30, 104)
HSL	hsl(234, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(234, 79%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.8%, 71.2%, 0%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.99, 25.09, -44.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.99, 50.77, 299.62°)
OKLab	oklab(28.6% 0.0016 -0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(28.6% 0.128 270.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.2930, 2.0982, 13.3255)
Luminance	0.0210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161E68 #686016

analogous

#164768 #161E68 #371668

triadic

#161E68 #68161E #1E6816

tetradic

#161E68 #681647 #686016 #166837

square

#161E68 #681647 #686016 #166837

split-complementary

#161E68 #683716 #476816

monochromatic

#050719 #0B0F35 #161E68 #212D9B #2B3BCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.79

#161E68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#161E68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161E68

14.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161E68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161E68	1.00	14.79	1.42	14.79
#FFFFFF	14.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002467

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003240

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161e68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 30, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.6% 0.128 270.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#625a94',
    500: '#161e68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161e68;
$custom-light: #625a94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161e68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.146,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 24.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28599,
    "c": 0.12769,
    "h": 270.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161E68

secondary

#9F953B

accent

#D840E8

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F1

border

#C6C5CB

text

#06030D

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #161E68

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

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