#163189#163189

#163189 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.150 H 265.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#163189
RGB	rgb(22, 49, 137)
HSL	hsl(226, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(226, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 64.2%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.23, 25.03, -51.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.23, 57.44, 295.83°)
OKLab	oklab(35.64% -0.0112 -0.1496)
OKLCH	oklch(35.64% 0.15 265.7)
XYZ	xyz(5.9430, 4.1726, 24.1542)
Luminance	0.0417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#163189 #896E16

analogous

#166A89 #163189 #341689

triadic

#163189 #891631 #318916

tetradic

#163189 #89166A #896E16 #168934

square

#163189 #89166A #896E16 #168934

split-complementary

#163189 #893416 #6A8916

monochromatic

#050B20 #0E1E54 #163189 #1E44BE #3A61DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.45

#163189 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#163189 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #163189

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##163189	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##163189	1.00	11.45	1.83	11.45
#FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003487

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004858

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #163189;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 49, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.150 265.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6968ac',
    500: '#163189',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #163189;
$custom-light: #6968ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#163189",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.913,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35636,
    "c": 0.15007,
    "h": 265.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#163189

secondary

#BD9F3E

accent

#C439EF

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECEBF4

border

#C7C6CE

text

#080610

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #163189

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

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