#163E8D#163E8D

#163E8D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.139 H 262.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#163E8D
RGB	rgb(22, 62, 141)
HSL	hsl(220, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(220, 84%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 56%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.22, 17.59, -47.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.22, 50.83, 290.24°)
OKLab	oklab(38.73% -0.0193 -0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(38.73% 0.139 262)
XYZ	xyz(6.8595, 5.5381, 25.9016)
Luminance	0.0554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#163E8D #8D6516

analogous

#167A8D #163E8D #2A168D

triadic

#163E8D #8D163E #3E8D16

tetradic

#163E8D #8D167A #8D6516 #168D2A

square

#163E8D #8D167A #8D6516 #168D2A

split-complementary

#163E8D #8D2A16 #7A8D16

monochromatic

#050F23 #0E2758 #163E8D #1E55C2 #3D74E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.96

#163E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#163E8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #163E8D

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##163E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##163E8D	1.00	9.96	2.11	9.96
#FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004890

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00525F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #163e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 62, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.139 262.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a72af',
    500: '#163e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #163e8d;
$custom-light: #6a72af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#163e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 219.832,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38728,
    "c": 0.139,
    "h": 262
  },
  "luminance": 0.05539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#163E8D

secondary

#C1953E

accent

#B238F0

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECECF5

border

#C7C7CF

text

#080810

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #163E8D

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

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