#163E8F#163E8F

#163E8F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 38.9% C 0.142 H 262.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#163E8F
RGB	rgb(22, 62, 143)
HSL	hsl(220, 73%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(220, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.6%, 56.6%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.38, 18.41, -48.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.38, 52.03, 290.72°)
OKLab	oklab(38.9% -0.0191 -0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(38.9% 0.142 262.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.0096, 5.5981, 26.6924)
Luminance	0.0560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#163E8F #8F6716

analogous

#167B8F #163E8F #2A168F

triadic

#163E8F #8F163E #3E8F16

tetradic

#163E8F #8F167B #8F6716 #168F2A

square

#163E8F #8F167B #8F6716 #168F2A

split-complementary

#163E8F #8F2A16 #7B8F16

monochromatic

#061025 #0E275A #163E8F #1E55C4 #3E74E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.91

#163E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#163E8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #163E8F

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##163E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##163E8F	1.00	9.91	2.12	9.91
#FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004992

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005260

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #163e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 62, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.9% 0.142 262.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a72b0',
    500: '#163e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #163e8f;
$custom-light: #6a72b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#163e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.165,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38899,
    "c": 0.14182,
    "h": 262.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#163E8F

secondary

#C1963F

accent

#B338F0

background

#F6F6FA

surface

#ECECF5

border

#C7C7CF

text

#080811

muted

#7A7B80

Preview Lab

Preview with #163E8F

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

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