#163389#163389

#163389 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.148 H 265.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#163389
RGB	rgb(22, 51, 137)
HSL	hsl(225, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(225, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 62.8%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.78, 23.64, -50.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.78, 56.04, 294.95°)
OKLab	oklab(36.04% -0.0124 -0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(36.04% 0.148 265.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.0285, 4.3436, 24.1827)
Luminance	0.0434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#163389 #896C16

analogous

#166C89 #163389 #331689

triadic

#163389 #891633 #338916

tetradic

#163389 #89166C #896C16 #168933

square

#163389 #89166C #896C16 #168933

split-complementary

#163389 #893316 #6C8916

monochromatic

#050C20 #0E1F54 #163389 #1E47BE #3A64DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.24

#163389 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#163389 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #163389

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##163389	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##163389	1.00	11.24	1.87	11.24
#FFFFFF	11.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003687

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004959

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #163389;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 51, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.148 265.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#696aac',
    500: '#163389',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #163389;
$custom-light: #696aac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#163389",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.87,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36039,
    "c": 0.14754,
    "h": 265.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#163389

secondary

#BD9D3E

accent

#C139EF

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECEBF4

border

#C7C6CE

text

#070610

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #163389

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

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