#161E7E#161E7E

#161E7E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.026; OKLCH L 31.0% C 0.158 H 269.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161E7E
RGB	rgb(22, 30, 126)
HSL	hsl(235, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(235, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 76.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.39, 33.46, -54.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.39, 63.86, 301.60°)
OKLab	oklab(31.04% -0.0012 -0.1576)
OKLCH	oklch(31.04% 0.158 269.6)
XYZ	xyz(4.5598, 2.6050, 19.9971)
Luminance	0.0261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161E7E #7E7616

analogous

#16527E #161E7E #42167E

triadic

#161E7E #7E161E #1E7E16

tetradic

#161E7E #7E1652 #7E7616 #167E42

square

#161E7E #7E1652 #7E7616 #167E42

split-complementary

#161E7E #7E4216 #527E16

monochromatic

#05061A #0D124A #161E7E #1F2AB2 #3340DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.81

#161E7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.52

#161E7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161E7E

13.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161E7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161E7E	1.00	13.81	1.52	13.81
#FFFFFF	13.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003281

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00287C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003A4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2D2D2D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161e7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 30, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.0% 0.158 269.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#685ba4',
    500: '#161e7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161e7e;
$custom-light: #685ba4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161e7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.385,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31039,
    "c": 0.15758,
    "h": 269.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161E7E

secondary

#B3AA3D

accent

#DF3BED

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECE9F4

border

#C7C5CE

text

#07040F

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #161E7E

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

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