#163E9E#163E9E

#163E9E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.162 H 263.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#163E9E
RGB	rgb(22, 62, 158)
HSL	hsl(222, 76%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(222, 86%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 60.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.62, 24.49, -55.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.62, 60.93, 293.70°)
OKLab	oklab(40.23% -0.0182 -0.1615)
OKLCH	oklch(40.23% 0.162 263.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.2228, 6.0834, 33.0819)
Luminance	0.0608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#163E9E #9E7616

analogous

#16829E #163E9E #32169E

triadic

#163E9E #9E163E #3E9E16

tetradic

#163E9E #9E1682 #9E7616 #169E32

square

#163E9E #9E1682 #9E7616 #169E32

split-complementary

#163E9E #9E3216 #829E16

monochromatic

#071433 #0F2968 #163E9E #1D53D4 #4977E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.47

#163E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#163E9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #163E9E

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##163E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##163E9E	1.00	9.47	2.22	9.47
#FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005768

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #163e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 62, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.162 263.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e72bb',
    500: '#163e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #163e9e;
$custom-light: #6e72bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#163e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.353,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40226,
    "c": 0.16248,
    "h": 263.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#163E9E

secondary

#C7A249

accent

#BB36F2

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDECF6

border

#C8C7D0

text

#090812

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #163E9E

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

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