#163EA1#163EA1

#163EA1 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.167 H 263.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#163EA1
RGB	rgb(22, 62, 161)
HSL	hsl(223, 76%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(223, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.3%, 61.5%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.88, 25.69, -57.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.88, 62.69, 294.19°)
OKLab	oklab(40.5% -0.0181 -0.1655)
OKLCH	oklch(40.5% 0.167 263.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.4842, 6.1880, 34.4585)
Luminance	0.0619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#163EA1 #A17916

analogous

#1683A1 #163EA1 #3416A1

triadic

#163EA1 #A1163E #3EA116

tetradic

#163EA1 #A11683 #A17916 #16A134

square

#163EA1 #A11683 #A17916 #16A134

split-complementary

#163EA1 #A13416 #83A116

monochromatic

#071535 #0F296B #163EA1 #1D53D7 #4B78E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.38

#163EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#163EA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #163EA1

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##163EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##163EA1	1.00	9.38	2.24	9.38
#FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005869

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #163ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 62, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.167 263.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6f72be',
    500: '#163ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #163ea1;
$custom-light: #6f72be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#163ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.734,
    "s": 75.956,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40501,
    "c": 0.16652,
    "h": 263.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#163EA1

secondary

#C8A44B

accent

#BC35F3

background

#F7F6FB

surface

#EDECF7

border

#C8C7D0

text

#090812

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #163EA1

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

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