#163D7E#163D7E

#163D7E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.119 H 260.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#163D7E
RGB	rgb(22, 61, 126)
HSL	hsl(218, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(218, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 51.6%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.77, 12.07, -40.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.77, 42.44, 286.52°)
OKLab	oklab(37.27% -0.0204 -0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(37.27% 0.119 260.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.7641, 5.0137, 20.3986)
Luminance	0.0501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#163D7E #7E5716

analogous

#16717E #163D7E #23167E

triadic

#163D7E #7E163D #3D7E16

tetradic

#163D7E #7E1671 #7E5716 #167E23

square

#163D7E #7E1671 #7E5716 #167E23

split-complementary

#163D7E #7E2316 #717E16

monochromatic

#050D1A #0D244A #163D7E #1F56B2 #3372DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.49

#163D7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#163D7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #163D7E

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##163D7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##163D7E	1.00	10.49	2.00	10.49
#FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#154480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004D57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #163d7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 61, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.119 260.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6671a4',
    500: '#163d7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #163d7e;
$custom-light: #6671a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#163d7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.5,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37267,
    "c": 0.11885,
    "h": 260.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#163D7E

secondary

#B3873D

accent

#AA3BED

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#EBECF4

border

#C6C7CE

text

#07070F

muted

#7A7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #163D7E

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

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