#161C5B#161C5B

#161C5B is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 26.9% C 0.111 H 272.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161C5B
RGB	rgb(22, 28, 91)
HSL	hsl(235, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(235, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 69.2%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.15, 21.34, -38.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.15, 44.05, 298.98°)
OKLab	oklab(26.85% 0.0042 -0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(26.85% 0.111 272.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.6338, 1.7562, 10.0957)
Luminance	0.0176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161C5B #5B5516

analogous

#163E5B #161C5B #33165B

triadic

#161C5B #5B161C #1C5B16

tetradic

#161C5B #5B163E #5B5516 #165B33

square

#161C5B #5B163E #5B5516 #165B33

split-complementary

#161C5B #5B3316 #3E5B16

monochromatic

#060819 #0A0D2A #161C5B #222B8C #2E3ABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.54

#161C5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#161C5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161C5B

15.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161C5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161C5B	1.00	15.54	1.35	15.54
#FFFFFF	15.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00275D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00215A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002C38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161c5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 28, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.9% 0.111 272.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f588a',
    500: '#161c5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161c5b;
$custom-light: #5f588a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161c5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.783,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26853,
    "c": 0.11139,
    "h": 272.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161C5B

secondary

#928B3B

accent

#D644E4

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#EAE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#05030C

muted

#79787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #161C5B

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

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