#161B35#161B35

#161B35 is a very dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 23.2% C 0.051 H 273.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161B35
RGB	rgb(22, 27, 53)
HSL	hsl(230, 41%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(230, 58%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 49.1%, 0%, 79.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.64, 6.71, -17.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.64, 19.06, 290.61°)
OKLab	oklab(23.22% 0.0032 -0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(23.22% 0.051 273.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.3652, 1.2114, 3.5294)
Luminance	0.0121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161B35 #353016

analogous

#162B35 #161B35 #211635

triadic

#161B35 #35161B #1B3516

tetradic

#161B35 #35162B #353016 #163521

square

#161B35 #35162B #353016 #163521

split-complementary

#161B35 #352116 #2B3516

monochromatic

#090B16 #090B16 #161B35 #283160 #3A478B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.91

#161B35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.24

#161B35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161B35

16.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161B35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161B35	1.00	16.91	1.24	16.91
#FFFFFF	16.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#111E36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E1C34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#092125

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161b35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 27, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.2% 0.051 273.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#56576c',
    500: '#161b35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161b35;
$custom-light: #56576c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161b35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.323,
    "s": 41.333,
    "l": 14.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23215,
    "c": 0.05061,
    "h": 273.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161B35

secondary

#6C643B

accent

#BD57D1

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9E9EB

border

#C5C5C6

text

#030307

muted

#78787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #161B35

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

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