#161F9F#161F9F

#161F9F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.037; OKLCH L 35.1% C 0.198 H 268.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161F9F
RGB	rgb(22, 31, 159)
HSL	hsl(236, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(236, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.2%, 80.5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.49, 44.44, -68.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.49, 81.36, 303.11°)
OKLab	oklab(35.08% -0.0068 -0.1975)
OKLCH	oklch(35.08% 0.198 268)
XYZ	xyz(7.0767, 3.6529, 33.1263)
Luminance	0.0365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161F9F #9F9616

analogous

#16649F #161F9F #51169F

triadic

#161F9F #9F161F #1F9F16

tetradic

#161F9F #9F1664 #9F9616 #169F51

square

#161F9F #9F1664 #9F9616 #169F51

split-complementary

#161F9F #9F5116 #649F16

monochromatic

#070A33 #0F1569 #161F9F #1D29D5 #4A54E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.13

#161F9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.73

#161F9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161F9F

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161F9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161F9F	1.00	12.13	1.73	12.13
#FFFFFF	12.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003DA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002F9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00475F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#363636

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161f9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 31, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.1% 0.198 268.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#725dbd',
    500: '#161f9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161f9f;
$custom-light: #725dbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161f9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.058,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35075,
    "c": 0.19759,
    "h": 268
  },
  "luminance": 0.03654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161F9F

secondary

#C7BF4A

accent

#E636F2

background

#F7F5FB

surface

#EEE9F7

border

#C9C5D0

text

#0A0412

muted

#7C7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #161F9F

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

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