#163B8F#163B8F

#163B8F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.146 H 263.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#163B8F
RGB	rgb(22, 59, 143)
HSL	hsl(222, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(222, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.6%, 58.7%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.52, 20.50, -50.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.52, 54.09, 292.27°)
OKLab	oklab(38.25% -0.0171 -0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(38.25% 0.146 263.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.8510, 5.2808, 26.6395)
Luminance	0.0528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#163B8F #8F6A16

analogous

#16778F #163B8F #2E168F

triadic

#163B8F #8F163B #3B8F16

tetradic

#163B8F #8F1677 #8F6A16 #168F2E

square

#163B8F #8F1677 #8F6A16 #168F2E

split-complementary

#163B8F #8F2E16 #778F16

monochromatic

#060F25 #0E255A #163B8F #1E51C4 #3E70E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.21

#163B8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#163B8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #163B8F

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##163B8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##163B8F	1.00	10.21	2.06	10.21
#FFFFFF	10.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004792

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00505F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #163b8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 59, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.146 263.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a70b1',
    500: '#163b8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #163b8f;
$custom-light: #6a70b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#163b8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.653,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38254,
    "c": 0.14567,
    "h": 263.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#163B8F

secondary

#C19A3F

accent

#B838F0

background

#F6F6FB

surface

#ECECF6

border

#C7C7D0

text

#080711

muted

#7A7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #163B8F

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

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