#161F81#161F81

#161F81 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.5% C 0.160 H 269.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161F81
RGB	rgb(22, 31, 129)
HSL	hsl(235, 71%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(235, 83%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.9%, 76%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.95, 33.94, -55.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.95, 64.94, 301.51°)
OKLab	oklab(31.54% -0.002 -0.1604)
OKLCH	oklch(31.54% 0.16 269.3)
XYZ	xyz(4.7820, 2.7350, 21.0405)
Luminance	0.0274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161F81 #817816

analogous

#165581 #161F81 #421681

triadic

#161F81 #81161F #1F8116

tetradic

#161F81 #811655 #817816 #168142

square

#161F81 #811655 #817816 #168142

split-complementary

#161F81 #814216 #558116

monochromatic

#04061A #0D124D #161F81 #1F2CB5 #3543DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.57

#161F81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#161F81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161F81

13.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161F81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161F81	1.00	13.57	1.55	13.57
#FFFFFF	13.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003384

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00297F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003C4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161f81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 31, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.5% 0.160 269.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#695ba7',
    500: '#161f81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161f81;
$custom-light: #695ba7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161f81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.953,
    "s": 70.861,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31541,
    "c": 0.16043,
    "h": 269.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161F81

secondary

#B6AB3D

accent

#DF3AEE

background

#F6F5FA

surface

#ECE9F4

border

#C7C5CE

text

#080410

muted

#7A797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #161F81

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

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