#163E7B#163E7B

#163E7B is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 37.3% C 0.113 H 258.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#163E7B
RGB	rgb(22, 62, 123)
HSL	hsl(216, 70%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(216, 82%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.1%, 49.6%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.86, 10.12, -38.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.86, 39.97, 284.67°)
OKLab	oklab(37.27% -0.0217 -0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(37.27% 0.113 258.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.6273, 5.0452, 19.4123)
Luminance	0.0505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#163E7B #7B5316

analogous

#16707B #163E7B #21167B

triadic

#163E7B #7B163E #3E7B16

tetradic

#163E7B #7B1670 #7B5316 #167B21

square

#163E7B #7B1670 #7B5316 #167B21

split-complementary

#163E7B #7B2116 #707B16

monochromatic

#050D1A #0D2447 #163E7B #1F58AF #3174DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.45

#163E7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#163E7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #163E7B

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##163E7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##163E7B	1.00	10.45	2.01	10.45
#FFFFFF	10.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C447D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004D56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #163e7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 62, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.3% 0.113 258.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6572a2',
    500: '#163e7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #163e7b;
$custom-light: #6572a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#163e7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.238,
    "s": 69.655,
    "l": 28.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37266,
    "c": 0.1132,
    "h": 258.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#163E7B

secondary

#B0823D

accent

#A63BEC

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#EBECF3

border

#C6C7CD

text

#06080F

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #163E7B

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

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