#163488#163488

#163488 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.145 H 264.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#163488
RGB	rgb(22, 52, 136)
HSL	hsl(224, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(224, 84%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.8%, 61.8%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.96, 22.54, -49.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.96, 54.74, 294.31°)
OKLab	oklab(36.15% -0.013 -0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(36.15% 0.145 264.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.0012, 4.4034, 23.8214)
Luminance	0.0440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#163488 #886A16

analogous

#166D88 #163488 #311688

triadic

#163488 #881634 #348816

tetradic

#163488 #88166D #886A16 #168831

square

#163488 #88166D #886A16 #168831

split-complementary

#163488 #883116 #6D8816

monochromatic

#050C1F #0D2053 #163488 #1F48BD #3965DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.17

#163488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#163488 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #163488

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##163488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##163488	1.00	11.17	1.88	11.17
#FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00418B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003686

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004A58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #163488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 52, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.145 264.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#696bab',
    500: '#163488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #163488;
$custom-light: #696bab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#163488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.211,
    "s": 72.152,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3615,
    "c": 0.14488,
    "h": 264.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#163488

secondary

#BC9B3E

accent

#BF39EF

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECEBF4

border

#C7C6CE

text

#070610

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #163488

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

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