#161B36#161B36

#161B36 is a very dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 23.3% C 0.052 H 273.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161B36
RGB	rgb(22, 27, 54)
HSL	hsl(231, 42%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(231, 59%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 50%, 0%, 78.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.71, 7.10, -18.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.71, 19.77, 291.06°)
OKLab	oklab(23.29% 0.0034 -0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(23.29% 0.052 273.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.3885, 1.2207, 3.6518)
Luminance	0.0122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161B36 #363116

analogous

#162B36 #161B36 #211636

triadic

#161B36 #36161B #1B3616

tetradic

#161B36 #36162B #363116 #163621

square

#161B36 #36162B #363116 #163621

split-complementary

#161B36 #362116 #2B3616

monochromatic

#090B16 #090B16 #161B36 #283161 #39468D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.88

#161B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.24

#161B36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161B36

16.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161B36	1.00	16.88	1.24	16.88
#FFFFFF	16.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#101E37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D1C35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#092125

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 27, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.3% 0.052 273.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#56576d',
    500: '#161b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161b36;
$custom-light: #56576d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.625,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 14.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23289,
    "c": 0.05241,
    "h": 273.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161B36

secondary

#6D653B

accent

#BF56D2

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9E9EB

border

#C5C5C6

text

#030307

muted

#78787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #161B36

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →