#161E6C#161E6C

#161E6C is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 29.0% C 0.133 H 270.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161E6C
RGB	rgb(22, 30, 108)
HSL	hsl(234, 66%, 25%)
HSV	hsv(234, 80%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.6%, 72.2%, 0%, 57.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.41, 26.65, -46.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.41, 53.22, 300.06°)
OKLab	oklab(29.03% 0.0012 -0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(29.03% 0.133 270.5)
XYZ	xyz(3.5010, 2.1815, 14.4210)
Luminance	0.0218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161E6C #6C6416

analogous

#16496C #161E6C #39166C

triadic

#161E6C #6C161E #1E6C16

tetradic

#161E6C #6C1649 #6C6416 #166C39

square

#161E6C #6C1649 #6C6416 #166C39

split-complementary

#161E6C #6C3916 #496C16

monochromatic

#050719 #0C1039 #161E6C #202C9F #2B3AD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.62

#161E6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#161E6C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161E6C

14.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161E6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161E6C	1.00	14.62	1.44	14.62
#FFFFFF	14.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00256B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003342

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161e6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 30, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.0% 0.133 270.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#635a97',
    500: '#161e6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161e6c;
$custom-light: #635a97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161e6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.419,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 25.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29029,
    "c": 0.13333,
    "h": 270.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161E6C

secondary

#A2993C

accent

#D93FE9

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06030E

muted

#7A787E

Preview Lab

Preview with #161E6C

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

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