#161B39#161B39

#161B39 is a very dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 23.5% C 0.058 H 274.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161B39
RGB	rgb(22, 27, 57)
HSL	hsl(231, 44%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(231, 61%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 52.6%, 0%, 77.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.92, 8.29, -20.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.92, 21.89, 292.25°)
OKLab	oklab(23.52% 0.004 -0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(23.52% 0.058 274)
XYZ	xyz(1.4611, 1.2498, 4.0343)
Luminance	0.0125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161B39 #393416

analogous

#162C39 #161B39 #221639

triadic

#161B39 #39161B #1B3916

tetradic

#161B39 #39162C #393416 #163922

square

#161B39 #39162C #393416 #163922

split-complementary

#161B39 #392216 #2C3916

monochromatic

#090A16 #090A16 #161B39 #273065 #384591

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.80

#161B39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25

#161B39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161B39

16.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161B39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161B39	1.00	16.80	1.25	16.80
#FFFFFF	16.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E1F3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A1C38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#062227

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161b39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 27, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.5% 0.058 274.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#56576f',
    500: '#161b39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161b39;
$custom-light: #56576f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161b39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 44.304,
    "l": 15.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23518,
    "c": 0.05776,
    "h": 274
  },
  "luminance": 0.0125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161B39

secondary

#70683B

accent

#C254D4

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9E9EC

border

#C5C5C7

text

#030307

muted

#78787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #161B39

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

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