#161E6A#161E6A

#161E6A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 28.8% C 0.131 H 270.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161E6A
RGB	rgb(22, 30, 106)
HSL	hsl(234, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(234, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 71.7%, 0%, 58.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.20, 25.88, -45.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.20, 52.00, 299.84°)
OKLab	oklab(28.81% 0.0014 -0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(28.81% 0.131 270.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.3958, 2.1394, 13.8668)
Luminance	0.0214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161E6A #6A6216

analogous

#16486A #161E6A #38166A

triadic

#161E6A #6A161E #1E6A16

tetradic

#161E6A #6A1648 #6A6216 #166A38

square

#161E6A #6A1648 #6A6216 #166A38

split-complementary

#161E6A #6A3816 #486A16

monochromatic

#050719 #0B1037 #161E6A #212C9D #2B3BCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.71

#161E6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#161E6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161E6A

14.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161E6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161E6A	1.00	14.71	1.43	14.71
#FFFFFF	14.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002469

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003341

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161e6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 30, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.8% 0.131 270.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635a95',
    500: '#161e6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161e6a;
$custom-light: #635a95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161e6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.286,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 25.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28813,
    "c": 0.13052,
    "h": 270.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161E6A

secondary

#A0973B

accent

#D83FE9

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06030D

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #161E6A

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

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