#163685#163685

#163685 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.138 H 264.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#163685
RGB	rgb(22, 54, 133)
HSL	hsl(223, 72%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(223, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 59.4%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.27, 19.91, -47.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.27, 51.52, 292.73°)
OKLab	oklab(36.3% -0.0144 -0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(36.3% 0.138 264)
XYZ	xyz(5.8822, 4.5017, 22.7446)
Luminance	0.0450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#163685 #856516

analogous

#166D85 #163685 #2E1685

triadic

#163685 #851636 #368516

tetradic

#163685 #85166D #856516 #16852E

square

#163685 #85166D #856516 #16852E

split-complementary

#163685 #852E16 #6D8516

monochromatic

#050B1C #0D2150 #163685 #1F4BBA #3767DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.05

#163685 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#163685 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #163685

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##163685	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##163685	1.00	11.05	1.90	11.05
#FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004188

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003783

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004A58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #163685;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 54, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.138 264.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#686ca9',
    500: '#163685',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #163685;
$custom-light: #686ca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#163685",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.703,
    "s": 71.613,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36296,
    "c": 0.13808,
    "h": 264
  },
  "luminance": 0.04502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#163685

secondary

#B9963E

accent

#BA39EE

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECEBF4

border

#C7C6CE

text

#070610

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #163685

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

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