#161B41#161B41

#161B41 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 24.2% C 0.072 H 274.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161B41
RGB	rgb(22, 27, 65)
HSL	hsl(233, 49%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(233, 66%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 58.5%, 0%, 74.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.53, 11.51, -24.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.53, 27.49, 294.76°)
OKLab	oklab(24.17% 0.0052 -0.0714)
OKLCH	oklch(24.17% 0.072 274.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.6766, 1.3360, 5.1695)
Luminance	0.0134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161B41 #413C16

analogous

#163141 #161B41 #271641

triadic

#161B41 #41161B #1B4116

tetradic

#161B41 #411631 #413C16 #164127

square

#161B41 #411631 #413C16 #164127

split-complementary

#161B41 #412716 #314116

monochromatic

#080917 #080917 #161B41 #252E6F #35419C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.57

#161B41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.27

#161B41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161B41

16.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161B41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161B41	1.00	16.57	1.27	16.57
#FFFFFF	16.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#062042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#011D40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00242B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161b41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 27, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.2% 0.072 274.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#585776',
    500: '#161b41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161b41;
$custom-light: #585776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161b41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.023,
    "s": 49.425,
    "l": 17.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24171,
    "c": 0.07163,
    "h": 274.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161B41

secondary

#78713A

accent

#C94FD9

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9E9ED

border

#C5C5C8

text

#030308

muted

#78787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #161B41

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

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