#163C9E#163C9E

#163C9E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.165 H 264.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#163C9E
RGB	rgb(22, 60, 158)
HSL	hsl(223, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(223, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 62%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.08, 25.86, -56.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.08, 62.30, 294.52°)
OKLab	oklab(39.82% -0.0171 -0.1641)
OKLCH	oklch(39.82% 0.165 264)
XYZ	xyz(8.1161, 5.8699, 33.0464)
Luminance	0.0587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#163C9E #9E7816

analogous

#16809E #163C9E #34169E

triadic

#163C9E #9E163C #3C9E16

tetradic

#163C9E #9E1680 #9E7816 #169E34

square

#163C9E #9E1680 #9E7816 #169E34

split-complementary

#163C9E #9E3416 #809E16

monochromatic

#071333 #0F2868 #163C9E #1D50D4 #4975E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.66

#163C9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#163C9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #163C9E

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##163C9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##163C9E	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)

#004BA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005567

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #163c9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 60, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.165 264.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e71bc',
    500: '#163c9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #163c9e;
$custom-light: #6e71bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#163c9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 223.235,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39823,
    "c": 0.16496,
    "h": 264
  },
  "luminance": 0.05871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#163C9E

secondary

#C7A449

accent

#BD36F2

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDECF6

border

#C8C7D0

text

#090712

muted

#7B7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #163C9E

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

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