#161E7D#161E7D

#161E7D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 30.9% C 0.156 H 269.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161E7D
RGB	rgb(22, 30, 125)
HSL	hsl(235, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(235, 82%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.4%, 76%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.27, 33.09, -53.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.27, 63.29, 301.53°)
OKLab	oklab(30.92% -0.001 -0.1563)
OKLCH	oklch(30.92% 0.156 269.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.4956, 2.5793, 19.6590)
Luminance	0.0258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161E7D #7D7516

analogous

#16527D #161E7D #42167D

triadic

#161E7D #7D161E #1E7D16

tetradic

#161E7D #7D1652 #7D7516 #167D42

square

#161E7D #7D1652 #7D7516 #167D42

split-complementary

#161E7D #7D4216 #527D16

monochromatic

#05061A #0D1249 #161E7D #1F2AB1 #3240DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.85

#161E7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#161E7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161E7D

13.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161E7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161E7D	1.00	13.85	1.52	13.85
#FFFFFF	13.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003280

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00277B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003A4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161e7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 30, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(30.9% 0.156 269.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#685ba4',
    500: '#161e7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161e7d;
$custom-light: #685ba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161e7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.34,
    "s": 70.068,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.30924,
    "c": 0.15628,
    "h": 269.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161E7D

secondary

#B2A93D

accent

#DF3BED

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECE9F4

border

#C7C5CE

text

#07040F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #161E7D

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

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