#161C5A#161C5A

#161C5A is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.8% C 0.110 H 272.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161C5A
RGB	rgb(22, 28, 90)
HSL	hsl(235, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(235, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 68.9%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.05, 20.94, -38.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.05, 43.41, 298.84°)
OKLab	oklab(26.75% 0.0043 -0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(26.75% 0.11 272.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.5910, 1.7390, 9.8700)
Luminance	0.0174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161C5A #5A5416

analogous

#163E5A #161C5A #32165A

triadic

#161C5A #5A161C #1C5A16

tetradic

#161C5A #5A163E #5A5416 #165A32

square

#161C5A #5A163E #5A5416 #165A32

split-complementary

#161C5A #5A3216 #3E5A16

monochromatic

#060819 #0A0D29 #161C5A #222B8B #2E3BBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.58

#161C5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#161C5A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161C5A

15.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161C5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161C5A	1.00	15.58	1.35	15.58
#FFFFFF	15.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00275C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002C38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161c5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 28, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.8% 0.110 272.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e5889',
    500: '#161c5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161c5a;
$custom-light: #5e5889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161c5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.706,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2675,
    "c": 0.1099,
    "h": 272.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161C5A

secondary

#918A3B

accent

#D644E4

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#EAE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#05030C

muted

#79787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #161C5A

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

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