#161E7B#161E7B

#161E7B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.025; OKLCH L 30.7% C 0.154 H 269.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161E7B
RGB	rgb(22, 30, 123)
HSL	hsl(235, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(235, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.1%, 75.6%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.05, 32.35, -53.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.05, 62.13, 301.38°)
OKLab	oklab(30.7% -0.0007 -0.1536)
OKLCH	oklch(30.7% 0.154 269.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.3691, 2.5287, 18.9929)
Luminance	0.0253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161E7B #7B7316

analogous

#16507B #161E7B #40167B

triadic

#161E7B #7B161E #1E7B16

tetradic

#161E7B #7B1650 #7B7316 #167B40

square

#161E7B #7B1650 #7B7316 #167B40

split-complementary

#161E7B #7B4016 #507B16

monochromatic

#05061A #0D1147 #161E7B #1F2BAF #313FDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.95

#161E7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.51

#161E7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161E7B

13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161E7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161E7B	1.00	13.95	1.51	13.95
#FFFFFF	13.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00317E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00394A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2C2C2C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161e7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 30, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.7% 0.154 269.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#675aa2',
    500: '#161e7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161e7b;
$custom-light: #675aa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161e7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.248,
    "s": 69.655,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30696,
    "c": 0.15365,
    "h": 269.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161E7B

secondary

#B0A73D

accent

#DE3BEC

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECE9F4

border

#C7C5CE

text

#07040F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #161E7B

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

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