#163A72#163A72

#163A72 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.105 H 259.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#163A72
RGB	rgb(22, 58, 114)
HSL	hsl(217, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(217, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.7%, 49.1%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.99, 9.17, -35.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.99, 37.14, 284.30°)
OKLab	oklab(35.62% -0.0198 -0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(35.62% 0.105 259.1)
XYZ	xyz(4.8801, 4.4110, 16.5105)
Luminance	0.0441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#163A72 #724E16

analogous

#166872 #163A72 #201672

triadic

#163A72 #72163A #3A7216

tetradic

#163A72 #721668 #724E16 #167220

square

#163A72 #721668 #724E16 #167220

split-complementary

#163A72 #722016 #687216

monochromatic

#050D1A #0C203F #163A72 #2054A5 #2C6FD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.16

#163A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#163A72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #163A72

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##163A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##163A72	1.00	11.16	1.88	11.16
#FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C4074

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#033771

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004750

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #163a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 58, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.105 259.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#636f9b',
    500: '#163a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #163a72;
$custom-light: #636f9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#163a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.522,
    "s": 67.647,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35618,
    "c": 0.10518,
    "h": 259.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#163A72

secondary

#A87E3C

accent

#A73DEB

background

#F6F6F9

surface

#EBECF2

border

#C6C7CC

text

#06070E

muted

#7A7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #163A72

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

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