#161D5A#161D5A

#161D5A is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.0% C 0.109 H 271.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161D5A
RGB	rgb(22, 29, 90)
HSL	hsl(234, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(234, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 67.8%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.33, 20.22, -37.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.33, 42.67, 298.28°)
OKLab	oklab(26.95% 0.0035 -0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(26.95% 0.109 271.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.6151, 1.7872, 9.8780)
Luminance	0.0179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161D5A #5A5316

analogous

#163F5A #161D5A #31165A

triadic

#161D5A #5A161D #1D5A16

tetradic

#161D5A #5A163F #5A5316 #165A31

square

#161D5A #5A163F #5A5316 #165A31

split-complementary

#161D5A #5A3116 #3F5A16

monochromatic

#060819 #0A0D29 #161D5A #222D8B #2E3DBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.47

#161D5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#161D5A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161D5A

15.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161D5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161D5A	1.00	15.47	1.36	15.47
#FFFFFF	15.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00275C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002D38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161d5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 29, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.0% 0.109 271.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e5989',
    500: '#161d5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161d5a;
$custom-light: #5e5989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161d5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.824,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26952,
    "c": 0.10854,
    "h": 271.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161D5A

secondary

#91883B

accent

#D344E4

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#EAE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#05030C

muted

#79787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #161D5A

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

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