#163BA1#163BA1

#163BA1 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.170 H 264.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#163BA1
RGB	rgb(22, 59, 161)
HSL	hsl(224, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(224, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 63.4%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.08, 27.73, -58.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.08, 64.73, 295.36°)
OKLab	oklab(39.91% -0.0165 -0.1694)
OKLCH	oklch(39.91% 0.17 264.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.3256, 5.8707, 34.4057)
Luminance	0.0587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#163BA1 #A17C16

analogous

#1680A1 #163BA1 #3716A1

triadic

#163BA1 #A1163B #3BA116

tetradic

#163BA1 #A11680 #A17C16 #16A137

square

#163BA1 #A11680 #A17C16 #16A137

split-complementary

#163BA1 #A13716 #80A116

monochromatic

#071435 #0F276B #163BA1 #1D4FD7 #4B74E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.66

#163BA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#163BA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #163BA1

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##163BA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##163BA1	1.00	9.66	2.17	9.66
#FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005668

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #163ba1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 59, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.170 264.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f70be',
    500: '#163ba1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #163ba1;
$custom-light: #6f70be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#163ba1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.029,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39907,
    "c": 0.17021,
    "h": 264.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#163BA1

secondary

#C8A74B

accent

#C035F3

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDECF7

border

#C8C7D0

text

#090712

muted

#7B7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #163BA1

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

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