#163985#163985

#163985 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.134 H 262.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#163985
RGB	rgb(22, 57, 133)
HSL	hsl(221, 72%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(221, 83%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 57.1%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.13, 17.79, -46.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.13, 49.43, 291.10°)
OKLab	oklab(36.95% -0.0165 -0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(36.95% 0.134 262.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.0261, 4.7896, 22.7926)
Luminance	0.0479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#163985 #856216

analogous

#167085 #163985 #2A1685

triadic

#163985 #851639 #398516

tetradic

#163985 #851670 #856216 #16852A

square

#163985 #851670 #856216 #16852A

split-complementary

#163985 #852A16 #708516

monochromatic

#050C1C #0D2250 #163985 #1F50BA #376CDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.73

#163985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#163985 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #163985

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##163985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##163985	1.00	10.73	1.96	10.73
#FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004388

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003984

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #163985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 57, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.134 262.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#686ea9',
    500: '#163985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #163985;
$custom-light: #686ea9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#163985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.081,
    "s": 71.613,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36945,
    "c": 0.13416,
    "h": 262.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#163985

secondary

#B9923E

accent

#B539EE

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECEBF4

border

#C7C6CE

text

#070710

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #163985

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

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