#163989#163989

#163989 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.140 H 263.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#163989
RGB	rgb(22, 57, 137)
HSL	hsl(222, 72%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(222, 84%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 58.4%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.45, 19.44, -48.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.45, 51.86, 292.02°)
OKLab	oklab(37.3% -0.0162 -0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(37.3% 0.14 263.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.3077, 4.9022, 24.2758)
Luminance	0.0490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#163989 #896616

analogous

#167289 #163989 #2C1689

triadic

#163989 #891639 #398916

tetradic

#163989 #891672 #896616 #16892C

square

#163989 #891672 #896616 #16892C

split-complementary

#163989 #892C16 #728916

monochromatic

#050D20 #0E2354 #163989 #1E4FBE #3A6CDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.60

#163989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#163989 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #163989

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##163989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##163989	1.00	10.60	1.98	10.60
#FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00448C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004D5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #163989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 57, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.140 263.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#696eac',
    500: '#163989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #163989;
$custom-light: #696eac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#163989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.739,
    "s": 72.327,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37295,
    "c": 0.13983,
    "h": 263.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#163989

secondary

#BD963E

accent

#B839EF

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECEBF4

border

#C7C6CE

text

#070710

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #163989

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

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