#163B7A#163B7A

#163B7A is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.047; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.116 H 260.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#163B7A
RGB	rgb(22, 59, 122)
HSL	hsl(218, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(218, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82%, 51.6%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.87, 11.81, -39.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.87, 41.35, 286.60°)
OKLab	oklab(36.48% -0.0193 -0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(36.48% 0.116 260.4)
XYZ	xyz(5.4064, 4.7030, 19.0314)
Luminance	0.0470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#163B7A #7A5516

analogous

#166D7A #163B7A #23167A

triadic

#163B7A #7A163B #3B7A16

tetradic

#163B7A #7A166D #7A5516 #167A23

square

#163B7A #7A166D #7A5516 #167A23

split-complementary

#163B7A #7A2316 #6D7A16

monochromatic

#050D1A #0D2246 #163B7A #1F54AE #316FDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.82

#163B7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.94

#163B7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #163B7A

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##163B7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##163B7A	1.00	10.82	1.94	10.82
#FFFFFF	10.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#15427C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003979

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #163b7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 59, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.116 260.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6570a1',
    500: '#163b7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #163b7a;
$custom-light: #6570a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#163b7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.8,
    "s": 69.444,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36482,
    "c": 0.11564,
    "h": 260.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#163B7A

secondary

#AF853D

accent

#AB3CEC

background

#F6F6F9

surface

#EBECF2

border

#C6C7CC

text

#06070F

muted

#7A7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #163B7A

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

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