#161E69#161E69

#161E69 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.7% C 0.129 H 270.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161E69
RGB	rgb(22, 30, 105)
HSL	hsl(234, 65%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(234, 79%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(79%, 71.4%, 0%, 58.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.10, 25.48, -44.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.10, 51.38, 299.73°)
OKLab	oklab(28.71% 0.0015 -0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(28.71% 0.129 270.7)
XYZ	xyz(3.3441, 2.1187, 13.5946)
Luminance	0.0212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161E69 #696116

analogous

#164769 #161E69 #381669

triadic

#161E69 #69161E #1E6916

tetradic

#161E69 #691647 #696116 #166938

square

#161E69 #691647 #696116 #166938

split-complementary

#161E69 #693816 #476916

monochromatic

#050719 #0B1036 #161E69 #212C9C #2B3BCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.75

#161E69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#161E69 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161E69

14.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161E69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161E69	1.00	14.75	1.42	14.75
#FFFFFF	14.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002468

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003240

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161e69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 30, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.7% 0.129 270.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#625a95',
    500: '#161e69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161e69;
$custom-light: #625a95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161e69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.217,
    "s": 65.354,
    "l": 24.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28706,
    "c": 0.12911,
    "h": 270.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02119
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161E69

secondary

#9F963B

accent

#D83FE8

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06030D

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #161E69

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

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