#163E7E#163E7E

#163E7E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.118 H 259.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#163E7E
RGB	rgb(22, 62, 126)
HSL	hsl(217, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(217, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 50.8%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.08, 11.37, -40.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.08, 41.78, 285.79°)
OKLab	oklab(37.5% -0.0212 -0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(37.5% 0.118 259.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.8180, 5.1215, 20.4165)
Luminance	0.0512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#163E7E #7E5616

analogous

#16727E #163E7E #22167E

triadic

#163E7E #7E163E #3E7E16

tetradic

#163E7E #7E1672 #7E5616 #167E22

square

#163E7E #7E1672 #7E5616 #167E22

split-complementary

#163E7E #7E2216 #727E16

monochromatic

#050D1A #0D244A #163E7E #1F58B2 #3374DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.37

#163E7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#163E7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #163E7E

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##163E7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##163E7E	1.00	10.37	2.02	10.37
#FFFFFF	10.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#184580

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004D58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #163e7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 62, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.118 259.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6672a4',
    500: '#163e7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #163e7e;
$custom-light: #6672a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#163e7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.923,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.375,
    "c": 0.11755,
    "h": 259.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#163E7E

secondary

#B3863D

accent

#A83BED

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#EBECF4

border

#C6C7CE

text

#07080F

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #163E7E

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

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