#163E9D#163E9D

#163E9D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.161 H 263.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#163E9D
RGB	rgb(22, 62, 157)
HSL	hsl(222, 75%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(222, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86%, 60.5%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.54, 24.09, -55.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.54, 60.35, 293.53°)
OKLab	oklab(40.14% -0.0182 -0.1601)
OKLCH	oklch(40.14% 0.161 263.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.1371, 6.0491, 32.6305)
Luminance	0.0605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#163E9D #9D7516

analogous

#16829D #163E9D #31169D

triadic

#163E9D #9D163E #3E9D16

tetradic

#163E9D #9D1682 #9D7516 #169D31

square

#163E9D #9D1682 #9D7516 #169D31

split-complementary

#163E9D #9D3116 #829D16

monochromatic

#071432 #0E2967 #163E9D #1E53D3 #4877E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.50

#163E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#163E9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #163E9D

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##163E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##163E9D	1.00	9.50	2.21	9.50
#FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005667

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #163e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 62, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.161 263.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e72bb',
    500: '#163e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #163e9d;
$custom-light: #6e72bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#163e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.222,
    "s": 75.419,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40135,
    "c": 0.16113,
    "h": 263.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#163E9D

secondary

#C7A148

accent

#BA36F2

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDECF6

border

#C8C7D0

text

#090812

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #163E9D

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

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