#161E6B#161E6B

#161E6B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 28.9% C 0.132 H 270.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161E6B
RGB	rgb(22, 30, 107)
HSL	hsl(234, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(234, 79%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.4%, 72%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.31, 26.27, -45.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.31, 52.61, 299.95°)
OKLab	oklab(28.92% 0.0013 -0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(28.92% 0.132 270.6)
XYZ	xyz(3.4481, 2.1603, 14.1423)
Luminance	0.0216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161E6B #6B6316

analogous

#16486B #161E6B #38166B

triadic

#161E6B #6B161E #1E6B16

tetradic

#161E6B #6B1648 #6B6316 #166B38

square

#161E6B #6B1648 #6B6316 #166B38

split-complementary

#161E6B #6B3816 #486B16

monochromatic

#050719 #0C1038 #161E6B #202C9E #2B3AD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.66

#161E6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#161E6B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161E6B

14.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161E6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161E6B	1.00	14.66	1.43	14.66
#FFFFFF	14.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D6D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00246A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003342

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161e6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 30, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.9% 0.132 270.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635a96',
    500: '#161e6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161e6b;
$custom-light: #635a96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161e6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.353,
    "s": 65.891,
    "l": 25.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28921,
    "c": 0.13192,
    "h": 270.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161E6B

secondary

#A1983B

accent

#D93FE9

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06030D

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #161E6B

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

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