#161E71#161E71

#161E71 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.6% C 0.140 H 270.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161E71
RGB	rgb(22, 30, 113)
HSL	hsl(235, 67%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(235, 81%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.5%, 73.5%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.95, 28.58, -48.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.95, 56.24, 300.55°)
OKLab	oklab(29.58% 0.0006 -0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(29.58% 0.14 270.3)
XYZ	xyz(3.7748, 2.2910, 15.8628)
Luminance	0.0229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161E71 #716916

analogous

#164C71 #161E71 #3C1671

triadic

#161E71 #71161E #1E7116

tetradic

#161E71 #71164C #716916 #16713C

square

#161E71 #71164C #716916 #16713C

split-complementary

#161E71 #713C16 #4C7116

monochromatic

#05071A #0C103E #161E71 #202CA4 #2C3BD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.40

#161E71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#161E71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161E71

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161E71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161E71	1.00	14.40	1.46	14.40
#FFFFFF	14.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00256F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003545

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161e71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 30, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.6% 0.140 270.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#655a9b',
    500: '#161e71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161e71;
$custom-light: #655a9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161e71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.725,
    "s": 67.407,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29575,
    "c": 0.14023,
    "h": 270.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161E71

secondary

#A79E3C

accent

#DB3EEA

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#06040E

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #161E71

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

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