#161E34#161E34

#161E34 is a very dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 23.9% C 0.044 H 267.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161E34
RGB	rgb(22, 30, 52)
HSL	hsl(224, 41%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(224, 58%, 20%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 42.3%, 0%, 79.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.60, 4.03, -15.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.60, 16.11, 284.48°)
OKLab	oklab(23.93% -0.0016 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(23.93% 0.044 267.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.4148, 1.3470, 3.4336)
Luminance	0.0135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161E34 #342C16

analogous

#162D34 #161E34 #1D1634

triadic

#161E34 #34161E #1E3416

tetradic

#161E34 #34162D #342C16 #16341D

square

#161E34 #34162D #342C16 #16341D

split-complementary

#161E34 #341D16 #2D3416

monochromatic

#090C16 #090C16 #161E34 #28375F #3A508A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.54

#161E34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.27

#161E34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161E34

16.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161E34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161E34	1.00	16.54	1.27	16.54
#FFFFFF	16.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#162035

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#131D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0A2326

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161e34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 30, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.9% 0.044 267.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#55596b',
    500: '#161e34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161e34;
$custom-light: #55596b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161e34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 14.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23932,
    "c": 0.04399,
    "h": 267.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161E34

secondary

#6A5E3B

accent

#B057D0

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9E9EB

border

#C5C5C6

text

#030306

muted

#78787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #161E34

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

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