#161E78#161E78

#161E78 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.4% C 0.150 H 269.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161E78
RGB	rgb(22, 30, 120)
HSL	hsl(235, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(235, 82%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.7%, 75%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.71, 31.23, -51.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.71, 60.39, 301.15°)
OKLab	oklab(30.36% -0.0003 -0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(30.36% 0.15 269.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.1842, 2.4547, 18.0189)
Luminance	0.0245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161E78 #787016

analogous

#164F78 #161E78 #3F1678

triadic

#161E78 #78161E #1E7816

tetradic

#161E78 #78164F #787016 #16783F

square

#161E78 #78164F #787016 #16783F

split-complementary

#161E78 #783F16 #4F7816

monochromatic

#05061A #0D1144 #161E78 #1F2BAC #2F3DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.08

#161E78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#161E78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161E78

14.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161E78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161E78	1.00	14.08	1.49	14.08
#FFFFFF	14.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00307B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002776

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003849

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161e78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 30, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.4% 0.150 269.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#675aa0',
    500: '#161e78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161e78;
$custom-light: #675aa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161e78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.102,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30356,
    "c": 0.14968,
    "h": 269.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161E78

secondary

#ADA43C

accent

#DD3CEC

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#EBE9F3

border

#C6C5CD

text

#07040F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #161E78

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

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