#161E7A#161E7A

#161E7A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.6% C 0.152 H 269.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161E7A
RGB	rgb(22, 30, 122)
HSL	hsl(235, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(235, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82%, 75.4%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.94, 31.98, -52.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.94, 61.55, 301.30°)
OKLab	oklab(30.58% -0.0006 -0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(30.58% 0.152 269.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.3068, 2.5038, 18.6649)
Luminance	0.0250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161E7A #7A7216

analogous

#16507A #161E7A #40167A

triadic

#161E7A #7A161E #1E7A16

tetradic

#161E7A #7A1650 #7A7216 #167A40

square

#161E7A #7A1650 #7A7216 #167A40

split-complementary

#161E7A #7A4016 #507A16

monochromatic

#05061A #0D1146 #161E7A #1F2BAE #313EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.99

#161E7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.50

#161E7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161E7A

13.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161E7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161E7A	1.00	13.99	1.50	13.99
#FFFFFF	13.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00317D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002778

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00384A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161e7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 30, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.6% 0.152 269.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#675aa1',
    500: '#161e7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161e7a;
$custom-light: #675aa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161e7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.2,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30582,
    "c": 0.15233,
    "h": 269.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161E7A

secondary

#AFA63D

accent

#DE3CEC

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECE9F4

border

#C7C5CE

text

#07040F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #161E7A

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

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