#161B5F#161B5F

#161B5F is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.1% C 0.119 H 272.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161B5F
RGB	rgb(22, 27, 95)
HSL	hsl(236, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(236, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 71.6%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.29, 23.64, -40.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.29, 47.31, 299.97°)
OKLab	oklab(27.08% 0.0046 -0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(27.08% 0.119 272.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.7877, 1.7804, 11.0210)
Luminance	0.0178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161B5F #5F5A16

analogous

#163F5F #161B5F #35165F

triadic

#161B5F #5F161B #1B5F16

tetradic

#161B5F #5F163F #5F5A16 #165F35

square

#161B5F #5F163F #5F5A16 #165F35

split-complementary

#161B5F #5F3516 #3F5F16

monochromatic

#060719 #0A0D2D #161B5F #222991 #2D37C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.48

#161B5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#161B5F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161B5F

15.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161B5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161B5F	1.00	15.48	1.36	15.48
#FFFFFF	15.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002861

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00215E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002D3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161b5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 27, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.1% 0.119 272.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#60578d',
    500: '#161b5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161b5f;
$custom-light: #60578d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161b5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.89,
    "s": 62.393,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27077,
    "c": 0.11857,
    "h": 272.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161B5F

secondary

#96903B

accent

#DA42E5

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#05030C

muted

#7A787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #161B5F

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

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