#161D3E#161D3E

#161D3E is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.4% C 0.063 H 271.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161D3E
RGB	rgb(22, 29, 62)
HSL	hsl(230, 48%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(230, 65%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 53.2%, 0%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.94, 8.77, -22.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.94, 23.86, 291.57°)
OKLab	oklab(24.41% 0.0022 -0.0632)
OKLCH	oklch(24.41% 0.063 271.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.6395, 1.3970, 4.7397)
Luminance	0.0140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161D3E #3E3716

analogous

#16313E #161D3E #23163E

triadic

#161D3E #3E161D #1D3E16

tetradic

#161D3E #3E1631 #3E3716 #163E23

square

#161D3E #3E1631 #3E3716 #163E23

split-complementary

#161D3E #3E2316 #313E16

monochromatic

#080B17 #080B17 #161D3E #26326B #364798

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.41

#161D3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.28

#161D3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161D3E

16.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161D3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161D3E	1.00	16.41	1.28	16.41
#FFFFFF	16.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E213F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#081E3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#02242A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161d3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 29, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.4% 0.063 271.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#575873',
    500: '#161d3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161d3e;
$custom-light: #575873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161d3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2441,
    "c": 0.06329,
    "h": 271.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161D3E

secondary

#756B3B

accent

#C051D7

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9E9ED

border

#C5C5C8

text

#030308

muted

#78787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #161D3E

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

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