#161E70#161E70

#161E70 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.5% C 0.139 H 270.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161E70
RGB	rgb(22, 30, 112)
HSL	hsl(235, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(235, 80%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.4%, 73.2%, 0%, 56.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.84, 28.20, -47.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.84, 55.64, 300.45°)
OKLab	oklab(29.47% 0.0008 -0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(29.47% 0.139 270.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.7188, 2.2686, 15.5680)
Luminance	0.0227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161E70 #706816

analogous

#164B70 #161E70 #3B1670

triadic

#161E70 #70161E #1E7016

tetradic

#161E70 #70164B #706816 #16703B

square

#161E70 #70164B #706816 #16703B

split-complementary

#161E70 #703B16 #4B7016

monochromatic

#05071A #0C103D #161E70 #202CA3 #2B3AD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.44

#161E70 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#161E70 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161E70

14.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161E70	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161E70	1.00	14.44	1.45	14.44
#FFFFFF	14.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00256F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003544

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161e70;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 30, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.5% 0.139 270.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#645a9a',
    500: '#161e70',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161e70;
$custom-light: #645a9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161e70",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.667,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 26.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29465,
    "c": 0.13886,
    "h": 270.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161E70

secondary

#A69D3C

accent

#DB3EEA

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06040E

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #161E70

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

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