#161E79#161E79

#161E79 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.5% C 0.151 H 269.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161E79
RGB	rgb(22, 30, 121)
HSL	hsl(235, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(235, 82%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.8%, 75.2%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.82, 31.61, -52.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.82, 60.97, 301.23°)
OKLab	oklab(30.47% -0.0004 -0.151)
OKLCH	oklch(30.47% 0.151 269.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.2452, 2.4791, 18.3402)
Luminance	0.0248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161E79 #797116

analogous

#164F79 #161E79 #401679

triadic

#161E79 #79161E #1E7916

tetradic

#161E79 #79164F #797116 #167940

square

#161E79 #79164F #797116 #167940

split-complementary

#161E79 #794016 #4F7916

monochromatic

#05061A #0D1145 #161E79 #1F2BAD #303ED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.04

#161E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#161E79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161E79

14.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161E79	1.00	14.04	1.50	14.04
#FFFFFF	14.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00307C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002777

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003849

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 30, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.5% 0.151 269.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#675aa1',
    500: '#161e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161e79;
$custom-light: #675aa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.152,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30469,
    "c": 0.15101,
    "h": 269.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161E79

secondary

#AEA53D

accent

#DE3CEC

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#EBE9F3

border

#C6C5CD

text

#07040F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #161E79

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

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