#161E74#161E74

#161E74 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.9% C 0.144 H 270.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161E74
RGB	rgb(22, 30, 116)
HSL	hsl(235, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(235, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(81%, 74.1%, 0%, 54.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.27, 29.73, -49.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.27, 58.03, 300.82°)
OKLab	oklab(29.91% 0.0002 -0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(29.91% 0.144 270.1)
XYZ	xyz(3.9465, 2.3596, 16.7671)
Luminance	0.0236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161E74 #746C16

analogous

#164D74 #161E74 #3D1674

triadic

#161E74 #74161E #1E7416

tetradic

#161E74 #74164D #746C16 #16743D

square

#161E74 #74164D #746C16 #16743D

split-complementary

#161E74 #743D16 #4D7416

monochromatic

#05071A #0C1141 #161E74 #202BA7 #2D3CD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.27

#161E74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#161E74 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161E74

14.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161E74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161E74	1.00	14.27	1.47	14.27
#FFFFFF	14.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002F77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002672

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003646

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161e74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 30, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.9% 0.144 270.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#655a9d',
    500: '#161e74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161e74;
$custom-light: #655a9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161e74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.894,
    "s": 68.116,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.29908,
    "c": 0.14431,
    "h": 270.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161E74

secondary

#AAA03C

accent

#DC3DEB

background

#F6F5F9

surface

#EBE9F2

border

#C6C5CC

text

#07040E

muted

#7A797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #161E74

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

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