#161C5F#161C5F

#161C5F is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.3% C 0.117 H 271.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161C5F
RGB	rgb(22, 28, 95)
HSL	hsl(235, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(235, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 70.5%, 0%, 62.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.55, 22.94, -40.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.55, 46.59, 299.49°)
OKLab	oklab(27.27% 0.0039 -0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(27.27% 0.117 271.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.8110, 1.8270, 11.0288)
Luminance	0.0183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161C5F #5F5916

analogous

#16415F #161C5F #34165F

triadic

#161C5F #5F161C #1C5F16

tetradic

#161C5F #5F1641 #5F5916 #165F34

square

#161C5F #5F1641 #5F5916 #165F34

split-complementary

#161C5F #5F3416 #415F16

monochromatic

#060719 #0A0D2D #161C5F #222B91 #2D39C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.38

#161C5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.37

#161C5F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161C5F

15.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161C5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161C5F	1.00	15.38	1.37	15.38
#FFFFFF	15.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002861

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00215E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002E3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161c5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 28, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.3% 0.117 271.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#60588d',
    500: '#161c5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161c5f;
$custom-light: #60588d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161c5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.068,
    "s": 62.393,
    "l": 22.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27268,
    "c": 0.11728,
    "h": 271.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161C5F

secondary

#968F3B

accent

#D842E5

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#05030C

muted

#7A787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #161C5F

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

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