#163B72#163B72

#163B72 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.104 H 258.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#163B72
RGB	rgb(22, 59, 114)
HSL	hsl(216, 68%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(216, 81%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.7%, 48.2%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.30, 8.47, -35.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.30, 36.48, 283.42°)
OKLab	oklab(35.86% -0.0207 -0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(35.86% 0.104 258.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.9310, 4.5128, 16.5275)
Luminance	0.0451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#163B72 #724D16

analogous

#166972 #163B72 #1F1672

triadic

#163B72 #72163B #3B7216

tetradic

#163B72 #721669 #724D16 #16721F

square

#163B72 #721669 #724D16 #16721F

split-complementary

#163B72 #721F16 #697216

monochromatic

#050D1A #0C203F #163B72 #2056A5 #2C71D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.04

#163B72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#163B72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #163B72

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##163B72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##163B72	1.00	11.04	1.90	11.04
#FFFFFF	11.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E4074

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#073871

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004851

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #163b72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 59, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.104 258.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#63709b',
    500: '#163b72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #163b72;
$custom-light: #63709b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#163b72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.87,
    "s": 67.647,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35859,
    "c": 0.10389,
    "h": 258.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#163B72

secondary

#A87C3C

accent

#A53DEB

background

#F6F6F9

surface

#EBECF2

border

#C6C7CC

text

#06070E

muted

#7A7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #163B72

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

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