#161F8F#161F8F

#161F8F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.031; OKLCH L 33.2% C 0.178 H 268.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161F8F
RGB	rgb(22, 31, 143)
HSL	hsl(236, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(236, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.6%, 78.3%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(20.57, 38.97, -61.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(20.57, 72.78, 302.37°)
OKLab	oklab(33.17% -0.0042 -0.1781)
OKLCH	oklch(33.17% 0.178 268.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.7771, 3.1330, 26.2815)
Luminance	0.0313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161F8F #8F8616

analogous

#165C8F #161F8F #49168F

triadic

#161F8F #8F161F #1F8F16

tetradic

#161F8F #8F165C #8F8616 #168F49

square

#161F8F #8F165C #8F8616 #168F49

split-complementary

#161F8F #8F4916 #5C8F16

monochromatic

#060825 #0E145A #161F8F #1E2AC4 #3E4AE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.91

#161F8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.63

#161F8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161F8F

12.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161F8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161F8F	1.00	12.91	1.63	12.91
#FFFFFF	12.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003892

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002B8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004156

Achromatopsia (no color)

#323232

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161f8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 31, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(33.2% 0.178 268.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d5cb1',
    500: '#161f8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161f8f;
$custom-light: #6d5cb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161f8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.537,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.33167,
    "c": 0.17819,
    "h": 268.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161F8F

secondary

#C1B83F

accent

#E238F0

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EDE9F6

border

#C8C5D0

text

#080411

muted

#7B7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #161F8F

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

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