#161E73#161E73

#161E73 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 29.8% C 0.143 H 270.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161E73
RGB	rgb(22, 30, 115)
HSL	hsl(235, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(235, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.9%, 73.9%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.16, 29.35, -49.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.16, 57.43, 300.73°)
OKLab	oklab(29.8% 0.0004 -0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(29.8% 0.143 270.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.8886, 2.3365, 16.4624)
Luminance	0.0234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161E73 #736B16

analogous

#164D73 #161E73 #3D1673

triadic

#161E73 #73161E #1E7316

tetradic

#161E73 #73164D #736B16 #16733D

square

#161E73 #73164D #736B16 #16733D

split-complementary

#161E73 #733D16 #4D7316

monochromatic

#05071A #0C1140 #161E73 #202BA6 #2D3BD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.31

#161E73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#161E73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161E73

14.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161E73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161E73	1.00	14.31	1.47	14.31
#FFFFFF	14.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002671

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003646

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161e73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 30, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.8% 0.143 270.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#655a9c',
    500: '#161e73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161e73;
$custom-light: #655a9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161e73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.839,
    "s": 67.883,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29797,
    "c": 0.14296,
    "h": 270.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161E73

secondary

#A99F3C

accent

#DC3DEB

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#07040E

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #161E73

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

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