#161A59#161A59

#161A59 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 26.3% C 0.111 H 273.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161A59
RGB	rgb(22, 26, 89)
HSL	hsl(236, 60%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(236, 75%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.3%, 70.8%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.41, 21.97, -38.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.41, 44.24, 299.77°)
OKLab	oklab(26.25% 0.0059 -0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(26.25% 0.111 273.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.5028, 1.6304, 9.6321)
Luminance	0.0163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161A59 #595516

analogous

#163C59 #161A59 #341659

triadic

#161A59 #59161A #1A5916

tetradic

#161A59 #59163C #595516 #165934

square

#161A59 #59163C #595516 #165934

split-complementary

#161A59 #593416 #3C5916

monochromatic

#060719 #0A0C28 #161A59 #22288A #2E37BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.83

#161A59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.33

#161A59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161A59

15.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161A59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161A59	1.00	15.83	1.33	15.83
#FFFFFF	15.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00265B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001F58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002B36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#222222

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161a59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 26, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.3% 0.111 273.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e5689',
    500: '#161a59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161a59;
$custom-light: #5e5689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161a59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.418,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26252,
    "c": 0.11108,
    "h": 273.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161A59

secondary

#908B3B

accent

#DA44E4

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#EAE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#05030B

muted

#79787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #161A59

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

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