#161A5A#161A5A

#161A5A is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 26.4% C 0.113 H 273.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161A5A
RGB	rgb(22, 26, 90)
HSL	hsl(236, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(236, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 71.1%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.52, 22.36, -38.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.52, 44.88, 299.89°)
OKLab	oklab(26.36% 0.0058 -0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(26.36% 0.113 273)
XYZ	xyz(2.5451, 1.6473, 9.8547)
Luminance	0.0165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161A5A #5A5616

analogous

#163C5A #161A5A #34165A

triadic

#161A5A #5A161A #1A5A16

tetradic

#161A5A #5A163C #5A5616 #165A34

square

#161A5A #5A163C #5A5616 #165A34

split-complementary

#161A5A #5A3416 #3C5A16

monochromatic

#060719 #0A0C29 #161A5A #22288B #2E36BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.79

#161A5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.33

#161A5A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161A5A

15.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161A5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161A5A	1.00	15.79	1.33	15.79
#FFFFFF	15.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00265C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001F59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002B37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161a5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 26, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.4% 0.113 273.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f5689',
    500: '#161a5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161a5a;
$custom-light: #5f5689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161a5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.471,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26357,
    "c": 0.11256,
    "h": 273
  },
  "luminance": 0.01648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161A5A

secondary

#918C3B

accent

#DA44E4

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#EAE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#05030C

muted

#79787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #161A5A

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

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