#163589#163589

#163589 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.145 H 264.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#163589
RGB	rgb(22, 53, 137)
HSL	hsl(224, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(224, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 61.3%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.33, 22.24, -49.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.33, 54.65, 294.02°)
OKLab	oklab(36.45% -0.0136 -0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(36.45% 0.145 264.6)
XYZ	xyz(6.1177, 4.5222, 24.2125)
Luminance	0.0452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#163589 #896A16

analogous

#166E89 #163589 #301689

triadic

#163589 #891635 #358916

tetradic

#163589 #89166E #896A16 #168930

square

#163589 #89166E #896A16 #168930

split-complementary

#163589 #893016 #6E8916

monochromatic

#050C20 #0E2154 #163589 #1E49BE #3A67DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.03

#163589 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#163589 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #163589

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##163589	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##163589	1.00	11.03	1.90	11.03
#FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003787

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004B59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #163589;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 53, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.145 264.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#696bac',
    500: '#163589',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #163589;
$custom-light: #696bac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#163589",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.826,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3645,
    "c": 0.14499,
    "h": 264.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#163589

secondary

#BD9B3E

accent

#BE39EF

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECEBF4

border

#C7C6CE

text

#070610

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #163589

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

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