#161B5E#161B5E

#161B5E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.0% C 0.117 H 272.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161B5E
RGB	rgb(22, 27, 94)
HSL	hsl(236, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(236, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 71.3%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.19, 23.24, -40.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.19, 46.68, 299.86°)
OKLab	oklab(26.97% 0.0047 -0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(26.97% 0.117 272.3)
XYZ	xyz(2.7425, 1.7623, 10.7831)
Luminance	0.0176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161B5E #5E5916

analogous

#163F5E #161B5E #35165E

triadic

#161B5E #5E161B #1B5E16

tetradic

#161B5E #5E163F #5E5916 #165E35

square

#161B5E #5E163F #5E5916 #165E35

split-complementary

#161B5E #5E3516 #3F5E16

monochromatic

#060719 #0A0D2C #161B5E #222990 #2D37C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.53

#161B5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#161B5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161B5E

15.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161B5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161B5E	1.00	15.53	1.35	15.53
#FFFFFF	15.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002760

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00215D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002D3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161b5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 27, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.0% 0.117 272.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#60578c',
    500: '#161b5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161b5e;
$custom-light: #60578c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161b5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.833,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26971,
    "c": 0.11711,
    "h": 272.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161B5E

secondary

#958F3B

accent

#DA43E5

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#05030C

muted

#7A787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #161B5E

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

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