#161A39#161A39

#161A39 is a very dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 23.3% C 0.059 H 275.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161A39
RGB	rgb(22, 26, 57)
HSL	hsl(233, 44%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(233, 61%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 54.4%, 0%, 77.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.59, 9.06, -20.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.59, 22.67, 293.55°)
OKLab	oklab(23.27% 0.0055 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(23.27% 0.059 275.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.4386, 1.2047, 4.0268)
Luminance	0.0120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161A39 #393516

analogous

#162B39 #161A39 #231639

triadic

#161A39 #39161A #1A3916

tetradic

#161A39 #39162B #393516 #163923

square

#161A39 #39162B #393516 #163923

split-complementary

#161A39 #392316 #2B3916

monochromatic

#090A16 #090A16 #161A39 #272E65 #384291

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.92

#161A39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.24

#161A39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161A39

16.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161A39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161A39	1.00	16.92	1.24	16.92
#FFFFFF	16.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C1E3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#081B38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#062126

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161a39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 26, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.3% 0.059 275.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#56566f',
    500: '#161a39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161a39;
$custom-light: #56566f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161a39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.143,
    "s": 44.304,
    "l": 15.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23269,
    "c": 0.05942,
    "h": 275.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161A39

secondary

#706A3B

accent

#C554D4

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9E8EC

border

#C5C4C7

text

#030307

muted

#78787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #161A39

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

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