#163E8E#163E8E

#163E8E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 38.8% C 0.140 H 262.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#163E8E
RGB	rgb(22, 62, 142)
HSL	hsl(220, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(220, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 56.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.30, 18.00, -48.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.30, 51.43, 290.48°)
OKLab	oklab(38.81% -0.0192 -0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(38.81% 0.14 262.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.9342, 5.5680, 26.2952)
Luminance	0.0557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#163E8E #8E6616

analogous

#167A8E #163E8E #2A168E

triadic

#163E8E #8E163E #3E8E16

tetradic

#163E8E #8E167A #8E6616 #168E2A

square

#163E8E #8E167A #8E6616 #168E2A

split-complementary

#163E8E #8E2A16 #7A8E16

monochromatic

#061024 #0E2759 #163E8E #1E55C3 #3D74E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.93

#163E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#163E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #163E8E

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##163E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##163E8E	1.00	9.93	2.11	9.93
#FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004891

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00525F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #163e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 62, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.8% 0.140 262.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a72b0',
    500: '#163e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #163e8e;
$custom-light: #6a72b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#163e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 73.171,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38813,
    "c": 0.14041,
    "h": 262.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#163E8E

secondary

#C1963F

accent

#B338F0

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECECF5

border

#C7C7CF

text

#080810

muted

#7A7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #163E8E

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

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