#163688#163688

#163688 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.142 H 264.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#163688
RGB	rgb(22, 54, 136)
HSL	hsl(223, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(223, 84%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.8%, 60.3%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.52, 21.14, -48.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.52, 53.34, 293.34°)
OKLab	oklab(36.57% -0.0143 -0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(36.57% 0.142 264.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.0924, 4.5857, 23.8518)
Luminance	0.0459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#163688 #886816

analogous

#166F88 #163688 #2F1688

triadic

#163688 #881636 #368816

tetradic

#163688 #88166F #886816 #16882F

square

#163688 #88166F #886816 #16882F

split-complementary

#163688 #882F16 #6F8816

monochromatic

#050C1F #0D2153 #163688 #1F4BBD #3968DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.95

#163688 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#163688 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #163688

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##163688	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##163688	1.00	10.95	1.92	10.95
#FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003786

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004B59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #163688;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 54, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.142 264.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#696cab',
    500: '#163688',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #163688;
$custom-light: #696cab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#163688",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.158,
    "s": 72.152,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36567,
    "c": 0.14231,
    "h": 264.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#163688

secondary

#BC993E

accent

#BC39EF

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECEBF4

border

#C7C6CE

text

#070710

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #163688

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

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