#161E30#161E30

#161E30 is a very dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 23.7% C 0.037 H 265.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161E30
RGB	rgb(22, 30, 48)
HSL	hsl(222, 37%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(222, 54%, 19%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 37.5%, 0%, 81.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.36, 2.50, -13.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.36, 13.33, 280.82°)
OKLab	oklab(23.67% -0.003 -0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(23.67% 0.037 265.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.3285, 1.3124, 2.9791)
Luminance	0.0131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161E30 #302816

analogous

#162B30 #161E30 #1B1630

triadic

#161E30 #30161E #1E3016

tetradic

#161E30 #30162B #302816 #16301B

square

#161E30 #30162B #302816 #16301B

split-complementary

#161E30 #301B16 #2B3016

monochromatic

#0A0D15 #0A0D15 #161E30 #29385A #3C5284

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.63

#161E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#161E30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161E30

16.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161E30	1.00	16.63	1.26	16.63
#FFFFFF	16.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#171F31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#151D30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0C2224

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 30, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.7% 0.037 265.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#555968',
    500: '#161e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161e30;
$custom-light: #555968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 221.538,
    "s": 37.143,
    "l": 13.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2367,
    "c": 0.0368,
    "h": 265.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161E30

secondary

#66593C

accent

#AA5BCD

background

#F4F5F6

surface

#E8E9EB

border

#C4C5C6

text

#030306

muted

#78787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #161E30

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

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