#161A5B#161A5B

#161A5B is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.5% C 0.114 H 272.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161A5B
RGB	rgb(22, 26, 91)
HSL	hsl(237, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(237, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 71.4%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.62, 22.76, -39.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.62, 45.51, 300.01°)
OKLab	oklab(26.46% 0.0057 -0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(26.46% 0.114 272.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.5880, 1.6644, 10.0804)
Luminance	0.0167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161A5B #5B5716

analogous

#163D5B #161A5B #35165B

triadic

#161A5B #5B161A #1A5B16

tetradic

#161A5B #5B163D #5B5716 #165B35

square

#161A5B #5B163D #5B5716 #165B35

split-complementary

#161A5B #5B3516 #3D5B16

monochromatic

#060719 #0A0C2A #161A5B #22288C #2E36BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.75

#161A5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.33

#161A5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161A5B

15.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161A5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161A5B	1.00	15.75	1.33	15.75
#FFFFFF	15.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00265D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00205A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002B38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161a5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 26, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.5% 0.114 272.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f568a',
    500: '#161a5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161a5b;
$custom-light: #5f568a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161a5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.522,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26463,
    "c": 0.11402,
    "h": 272.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161A5B

secondary

#928D3B

accent

#DB44E4

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#EAE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#05030C

muted

#79787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #161A5B

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

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