#161E9F#161E9F

#161E9F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.198 H 268.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161E9F
RGB	rgb(22, 30, 159)
HSL	hsl(236, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(236, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.2%, 81.1%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.31, 44.97, -68.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.31, 81.91, 303.30°)
OKLab	oklab(34.95% -0.0066 -0.1983)
OKLCH	oklch(34.95% 0.198 268.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.0510, 3.6015, 33.1177)
Luminance	0.0360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161E9F #9F9716

analogous

#16639F #161E9F #52169F

triadic

#161E9F #9F161E #1E9F16

tetradic

#161E9F #9F1663 #9F9716 #169F52

square

#161E9F #9F1663 #9F9716 #169F52

split-complementary

#161E9F #9F5216 #639F16

monochromatic

#070A33 #0F1469 #161E9F #1D28D5 #4A53E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.21

#161E9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#161E9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161E9F

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161E9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161E9F	1.00	12.21	1.72	12.21
#FFFFFF	12.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003CA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002E9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00475F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161e9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 30, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.198 268.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#725dbd',
    500: '#161e9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161e9f;
$custom-light: #725dbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161e9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.496,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34948,
    "c": 0.19844,
    "h": 268.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161E9F

secondary

#C7C04A

accent

#E736F2

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEE9F7

border

#C9C5D0

text

#0A0412

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #161E9F

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

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