#161B5C#161B5C

#161B5C is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.8% C 0.114 H 272.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161B5C
RGB	rgb(22, 27, 92)
HSL	hsl(236, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(236, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 70.7%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.98, 22.45, -39.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.98, 45.42, 299.62°)
OKLab	oklab(26.76% 0.0049 -0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(26.76% 0.114 272.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.6539, 1.7269, 10.3166)
Luminance	0.0173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161B5C #5C5716

analogous

#163E5C #161B5C #34165C

triadic

#161B5C #5C161B #1B5C16

tetradic

#161B5C #5C163E #5C5716 #165C34

square

#161B5C #5C163E #5C5716 #165C34

split-complementary

#161B5C #5C3416 #3E5C16

monochromatic

#060719 #0A0D2B #161B5C #22298D #2E38BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.61

#161B5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#161B5C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161B5C

15.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161B5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161B5C	1.00	15.61	1.35	15.61
#FFFFFF	15.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00275E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00205B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002C38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161b5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 27, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.8% 0.114 272.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f578b',
    500: '#161b5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161b5c;
$custom-light: #5f578b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161b5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.714,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2676,
    "c": 0.11419,
    "h": 272.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161B5C

secondary

#938D3B

accent

#D943E5

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#EAE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#05030C

muted

#79787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #161B5C

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

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