#163E7F#163E7F

#163E7F is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 37.6% C 0.119 H 259.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#163E7F
RGB	rgb(22, 62, 127)
HSL	hsl(217, 70%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(217, 83%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 51.2%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.15, 11.79, -40.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.15, 42.38, 286.15°)
OKLab	oklab(37.58% -0.021 -0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(37.58% 0.119 259.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.8829, 5.1474, 20.7581)
Luminance	0.0515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#163E7F #7F5716

analogous

#16737F #163E7F #23167F

triadic

#163E7F #7F163E #3E7F16

tetradic

#163E7F #7F1673 #7F5716 #167F23

square

#163E7F #7F1673 #7F5716 #167F23

split-complementary

#163E7F #7F2316 #737F16

monochromatic

#050D1A #0D254B #163E7F #1F57B3 #3474DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.35

#163E7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#163E7F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #163E7F

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##163E7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##163E7F	1.00	10.35	2.03	10.35
#FFFFFF	10.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#174581

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #163e7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 62, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.6% 0.119 259.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6672a5',
    500: '#163e7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #163e7f;
$custom-light: #6672a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#163e7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.143,
    "s": 70.47,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37579,
    "c": 0.11899,
    "h": 259.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#163E7F

secondary

#B4873D

accent

#A93BED

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#EBECF4

border

#C6C7CE

text

#07080F

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #163E7F

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

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