#161D5E#161D5E

#161D5E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.4% C 0.115 H 271.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161D5E
RGB	rgb(22, 29, 94)
HSL	hsl(234, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(234, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 69.1%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.72, 21.83, -39.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.72, 45.23, 298.85°)
OKLab	oklab(27.36% 0.0032 -0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(27.36% 0.115 271.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.7899, 1.8572, 10.7989)
Luminance	0.0186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161D5E #5E5716

analogous

#16415E #161D5E #33165E

triadic

#161D5E #5E161D #1D5E16

tetradic

#161D5E #5E1641 #5E5716 #165E33

square

#161D5E #5E1641 #5E5716 #165E33

split-complementary

#161D5E #5E3316 #415E16

monochromatic

#060819 #0A0E2C #161D5E #222C90 #2D3CC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.31

#161D5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.37

#161D5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161D5E

15.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161D5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161D5E	1.00	15.31	1.37	15.31
#FFFFFF	15.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002860

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00225D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002E3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161d5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 29, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.4% 0.115 271.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f598c',
    500: '#161d5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161d5e;
$custom-light: #5f598c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161d5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.167,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27359,
    "c": 0.1145,
    "h": 271.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161D5E

secondary

#958C3B

accent

#D543E5

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#EAE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#05030C

muted

#79787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #161D5E

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

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