#161E39#161E39

#161E39 is a very dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.3% C 0.053 H 269.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161E39
RGB	rgb(22, 30, 57)
HSL	hsl(226, 44%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(226, 61%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 47.4%, 0%, 77.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.92, 5.99, -18.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.92, 19.61, 287.80°)
OKLab	oklab(24.28% -0.0003 -0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(24.28% 0.053 269.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.5334, 1.3944, 4.0584)
Luminance	0.0140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161E39 #393116

analogous

#162F39 #161E39 #1F1639

triadic

#161E39 #39161E #1E3916

tetradic

#161E39 #39162F #393116 #16391F

square

#161E39 #39162F #393116 #16391F

split-complementary

#161E39 #391F16 #2F3916

monochromatic

#090C16 #090C16 #161E39 #273565 #384C91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.42

#161E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.28

#161E39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161E39

16.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161E39	1.00	16.42	1.28	16.42
#FFFFFF	16.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#13213A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F1E38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#062428

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 30, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.3% 0.053 269.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#56596f',
    500: '#161e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161e39;
$custom-light: #56596f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.286,
    "s": 44.304,
    "l": 15.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24284,
    "c": 0.05292,
    "h": 269.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161E39

secondary

#70643B

accent

#B754D4

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9E9EC

border

#C5C5C7

text

#030307

muted

#78787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #161E39

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

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