#161159#161159

#161159 is a very dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 24.7% C 0.122 H 275.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161159
RGB	rgb(22, 17, 89)
HSL	hsl(244, 68%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(244, 81%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 80.9%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.22, 27.99, -42.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.22, 50.48, 303.68°)
OKLab	oklab(24.68% 0.0122 -0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(24.68% 0.122 275.7)
XYZ	xyz(2.3339, 1.2925, 9.5757)
Luminance	0.0129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161159 #545911

analogous

#113059 #161159 #3A1159

triadic

#161159 #591611 #115916

tetradic

#161159 #591130 #545911 #11593A

square

#161159 #591130 #545911 #11593A

split-complementary

#161159 #593A11 #305911

monochromatic

#06051A #090726 #161159 #231B8C #2F25C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.69

#161159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#161159 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161159

16.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161159	1.00	16.69	1.26	16.69
#FFFFFF	16.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00215B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001B58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002634

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 17, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.7% 0.122 275.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f5089',
    500: '#161159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161159;
$custom-light: #5f5089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 17,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.167,
    "s": 67.925,
    "l": 20.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24679,
    "c": 0.12204,
    "h": 275.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161159

secondary

#8B9234

accent

#EB3DDF

background

#F6F4F8

surface

#EBE7F0

border

#C6C3CB

text

#05020B

muted

#7A787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #161159

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

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