#163689#163689

#163689 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 36.7% C 0.144 H 264.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#163689
RGB	rgb(22, 54, 137)
HSL	hsl(223, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(223, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 60.6%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.61, 21.54, -49.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.61, 53.95, 293.54°)
OKLab	oklab(36.66% -0.0142 -0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(36.66% 0.144 264.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.1638, 4.6143, 24.2278)
Luminance	0.0461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#163689 #896916

analogous

#166F89 #163689 #2F1689

triadic

#163689 #891636 #368916

tetradic

#163689 #89166F #896916 #16892F

square

#163689 #89166F #896916 #16892F

split-complementary

#163689 #892F16 #6F8916

monochromatic

#050C20 #0E2154 #163689 #1E4BBE #3A68DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.92

#163689 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.92

#163689 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #163689

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##163689	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##163689	1.00	10.92	1.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	10.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003887

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004B5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #163689;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 54, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.7% 0.144 264.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#696cac',
    500: '#163689',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #163689;
$custom-light: #696cac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#163689",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.304,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36659,
    "c": 0.14371,
    "h": 264.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#163689

secondary

#BD9A3E

accent

#BC39EF

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECEBF4

border

#C7C6CE

text

#070710

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #163689

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

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