#163E79#163E79

#163E79 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.110 H 258.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#163E79
RGB	rgb(22, 62, 121)
HSL	hsl(216, 69%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(216, 82%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.8%, 48.8%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.72, 9.29, -37.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.72, 38.76, 283.86°)
OKLab	oklab(37.11% -0.0221 -0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(37.11% 0.11 258.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.5034, 4.9956, 18.7597)
Luminance	0.0500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#163E79 #795116

analogous

#166F79 #163E79 #201679

triadic

#163E79 #79163E #3E7916

tetradic

#163E79 #79166F #795116 #167920

square

#163E79 #79166F #795116 #167920

split-complementary

#163E79 #792016 #6F7916

monochromatic

#050D1A #0D2345 #163E79 #1F59AD #3074D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.50

#163E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#163E79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #163E79

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##163E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##163E79	1.00	10.50	2.00	10.50
#FFFFFF	10.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E447B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#033B78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #163e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 62, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.110 258.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6472a0',
    500: '#163e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #163e79;
$custom-light: #6472a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#163e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.758,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 28.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37112,
    "c": 0.11029,
    "h": 258.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#163E79

secondary

#AE803D

accent

#A53CEC

background

#F6F6F9

surface

#EBECF2

border

#C6C7CC

text

#06080F

muted

#7A7B7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #163E79

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

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