#161EA1#161EA1

#161EA1 is a dark, highly saturated blue. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.201 H 268.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161EA1
RGB	rgb(22, 30, 161)
HSL	hsl(237, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(237, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 81.4%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.55, 45.63, -69.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.55, 82.95, 303.38°)
OKLab	oklab(35.19% -0.007 -0.2007)
OKLCH	oklch(35.19% 0.201 268)
XYZ	xyz(7.2260, 3.6714, 34.0391)
Luminance	0.0367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161EA1 #A19916

analogous

#1663A1 #161EA1 #5316A1

triadic

#161EA1 #A1161E #1EA116

tetradic

#161EA1 #A11663 #A19916 #16A153

square

#161EA1 #A11663 #A19916 #16A153

split-complementary

#161EA1 #A15316 #63A116

monochromatic

#070A35 #0F146B #161EA1 #1D28D7 #4B54E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.11

#161EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#161EA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161EA1

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161EA1	1.00	12.11	1.73	12.11
#FFFFFF	12.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003DA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004860

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 30, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.201 268.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#725dbe',
    500: '#161ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161ea1;
$custom-light: #725dbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.547,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35191,
    "c": 0.20079,
    "h": 268
  },
  "luminance": 0.03672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161EA1

secondary

#C8C14B

accent

#E835F3

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEE9F7

border

#C9C5D0

text

#0A0412

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #161EA1

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

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