#163386#163386

#163386 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.143 H 265.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#163386
RGB	rgb(22, 51, 134)
HSL	hsl(224, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(224, 84%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.6%, 61.9%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.51, 22.42, -49.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.51, 54.23, 294.42°)
OKLab	oklab(35.76% -0.0125 -0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(35.76% 0.143 265)
XYZ	xyz(5.8163, 4.2588, 23.0651)
Luminance	0.0426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#163386 #866916

analogous

#166B86 #163386 #311686

triadic

#163386 #861633 #338616

tetradic

#163386 #86166B #866916 #168631

square

#163386 #86166B #866916 #168631

split-complementary

#163386 #863116 #6B8616

monochromatic

#050B1D #0D1F51 #163386 #1F47BB #3863DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.34

#163386 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.85

#163386 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #163386

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##163386	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##163386	1.00	11.34	1.85	11.34
#FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004089

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003584

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004857

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #163386;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 51, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.143 265.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#686aaa',
    500: '#163386',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #163386;
$custom-light: #686aaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#163386",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.464,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35757,
    "c": 0.14336,
    "h": 265
  },
  "luminance": 0.04259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#163386

secondary

#BA9A3E

accent

#C039EF

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECEBF4

border

#C7C6CE

text

#070610

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #163386

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

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