#161F8E#161F8E

#161F8E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.1% C 0.177 H 268.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161F8E
RGB	rgb(22, 31, 142)
HSL	hsl(236, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(236, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 78.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.45, 38.61, -61.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.45, 72.23, 302.31°)
OKLab	oklab(33.05% -0.004 -0.1769)
OKLCH	oklch(33.05% 0.177 268.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.7017, 3.1029, 25.8843)
Luminance	0.0310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161F8E #8E8516

analogous

#165B8E #161F8E #49168E

triadic

#161F8E #8E161F #1F8E16

tetradic

#161F8E #8E165B #8E8516 #168E49

square

#161F8E #8E165B #8E8516 #168E49

split-complementary

#161F8E #8E4916 #5B8E16

monochromatic

#060824 #0E1359 #161F8E #1E2BC3 #3D4AE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.96

#161F8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.62

#161F8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161F8E

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161F8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161F8E	1.00	12.96	1.62	12.96
#FFFFFF	12.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003791

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004055

Achromatopsia (no color)

#313131

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161f8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 31, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.1% 0.177 268.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d5cb0',
    500: '#161f8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161f8e;
$custom-light: #6d5cb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161f8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.5,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3305,
    "c": 0.17695,
    "h": 268.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161F8E

secondary

#C1B73F

accent

#E238F0

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EDE9F6

border

#C8C5D0

text

#080411

muted

#7B7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #161F8E

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

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