#161A35#161A35

#161A35 is a very dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 23.0% C 0.052 H 275.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161A35
RGB	rgb(22, 26, 53)
HSL	hsl(232, 41%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(232, 58%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 50.9%, 0%, 79.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.31, 7.48, -18.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.31, 19.83, 292.16°)
OKLab	oklab(22.96% 0.0047 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(22.96% 0.052 275.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.3427, 1.1663, 3.5218)
Luminance	0.0117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161A35 #353116

analogous

#162A35 #161A35 #221635

triadic

#161A35 #35161A #1A3516

tetradic

#161A35 #35162A #353116 #163522

square

#161A35 #35162A #353116 #163522

split-complementary

#161A35 #352216 #2A3516

monochromatic

#090B16 #090B16 #161A35 #282F60 #3A448B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.03

#161A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.23

#161A35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161A35

17.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161A35	1.00	17.03	1.23	17.03
#FFFFFF	17.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F1D36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C1B34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0A2024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1C1C1C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 26, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.0% 0.052 275.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#56566c',
    500: '#161a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161a35;
$custom-light: #56566c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.258,
    "s": 41.333,
    "l": 14.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22959,
    "c": 0.05229,
    "h": 275.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161A35

secondary

#6C653B

accent

#C157D1

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9E8EB

border

#C5C4C6

text

#030307

muted

#78787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #161A35

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

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