#161A58#161A58

#161A58 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 26.1% C 0.110 H 273.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161A58
RGB	rgb(22, 26, 88)
HSL	hsl(236, 60%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(236, 75%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 70.5%, 0%, 65.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.31, 21.57, -37.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.31, 43.60, 299.65°)
OKLab	oklab(26.15% 0.006 -0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(26.15% 0.11 273.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.4611, 1.6137, 9.4124)
Luminance	0.0161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161A58 #585416

analogous

#163B58 #161A58 #331658

triadic

#161A58 #58161A #1A5816

tetradic

#161A58 #58163B #585416 #165833

square

#161A58 #58163B #585416 #165833

split-complementary

#161A58 #583316 #3B5816

monochromatic

#060718 #0A0C27 #161A58 #222889 #2E37BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.88

#161A58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.32

#161A58 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161A58

15.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161A58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161A58	1.00	15.88	1.32	15.88
#FFFFFF	15.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00255A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001F57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002A36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#222222

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161a58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 26, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.1% 0.110 273.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e5688',
    500: '#161a58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161a58;
$custom-light: #5e5688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161a58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.364,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26148,
    "c": 0.1096,
    "h": 273.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161A58

secondary

#8F8A3B

accent

#DA45E3

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#EAE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#05030B

muted

#79787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #161A58

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

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