#161B37#161B37

#161B37 is a very dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 23.4% C 0.054 H 273.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161B37
RGB	rgb(22, 27, 55)
HSL	hsl(231, 43%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(231, 60%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 50.9%, 0%, 78.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.78, 7.50, -19.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.78, 20.48, 291.47°)
OKLab	oklab(23.36% 0.0036 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(23.36% 0.054 273.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.4122, 1.2302, 3.7767)
Luminance	0.0123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161B37 #373216

analogous

#162B37 #161B37 #211637

triadic

#161B37 #37161B #1B3716

tetradic

#161B37 #37162B #373216 #163721

square

#161B37 #37162B #373216 #163721

split-complementary

#161B37 #372116 #2B3716

monochromatic

#090B16 #090B16 #161B37 #273063 #39468E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.85

#161B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25

#161B37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161B37

16.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161B37	1.00	16.85	1.25	16.85
#FFFFFF	16.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F1E38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0C1C36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#082126

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 27, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.4% 0.054 273.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#56576e',
    500: '#161b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161b37;
$custom-light: #56576e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.909,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 15.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23364,
    "c": 0.0542,
    "h": 273.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161B37

secondary

#6E663B

accent

#C055D3

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9E9EB

border

#C5C5C6

text

#030307

muted

#78787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #161B37

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

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