#161E81#161E81

#161E81 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.4% C 0.161 H 269.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161E81
RGB	rgb(22, 30, 129)
HSL	hsl(236, 71%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(236, 83%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.9%, 76.7%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.73, 34.56, -55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.73, 65.58, 301.80°)
OKLab	oklab(31.38% -0.0016 -0.1615)
OKLCH	oklch(31.38% 0.161 269.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.7562, 2.6835, 21.0319)
Luminance	0.0268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161E81 #817916

analogous

#165481 #161E81 #441681

triadic

#161E81 #81161E #1E8116

tetradic

#161E81 #811654 #817916 #168144

square

#161E81 #811654 #817916 #168144

split-complementary

#161E81 #814416 #548116

monochromatic

#04061A #0D124D #161E81 #1F2AB5 #3541DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.66

#161E81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.54

#161E81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161E81

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161E81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161E81	1.00	13.66	1.54	13.66
#FFFFFF	13.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003384

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00287F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003B4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161e81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 30, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.4% 0.161 269.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#695ba7',
    500: '#161e81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161e81;
$custom-light: #695ba7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161e81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.514,
    "s": 70.861,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31384,
    "c": 0.16148,
    "h": 269.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161E81

secondary

#B6AD3D

accent

#E03AEE

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECE9F4

border

#C7C5CE

text

#080410

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #161E81

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

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