#161D46#161D46

#161D46 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 25.1% C 0.077 H 272.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161D46
RGB	rgb(22, 29, 70)
HSL	hsl(231, 52%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(231, 69%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 58.6%, 0%, 72.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.55, 12.04, -26.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.55, 29.38, 294.19°)
OKLab	oklab(25.07% 0.0032 -0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(25.07% 0.077 272.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.8754, 1.4913, 5.9822)
Luminance	0.0149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161D46 #463F16

analogous

#163546 #161D46 #271646

triadic

#161D46 #46161D #1D4616

tetradic

#161D46 #461635 #463F16 #164627

square

#161D46 #461635 #463F16 #164627

split-complementary

#161D46 #462716 #354616

monochromatic

#070A17 #070A17 #161D46 #253075 #3344A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.18

#161D46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.30

#161D46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161D46

16.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161D46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161D46	1.00	16.18	1.30	16.18
#FFFFFF	16.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#052347

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001F45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00272E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#212121

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161d46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 29, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.1% 0.077 272.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#59587a',
    500: '#161d46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161d46;
$custom-light: #59587a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161d46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.25,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 18.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25074,
    "c": 0.07689,
    "h": 272.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161D46

secondary

#7D743A

accent

#C74CDC

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9E9ED

border

#C5C5C8

text

#040309

muted

#79787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #161D46

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

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