#161E3A#161E3A

#161E3A is a very dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.4% C 0.055 H 270.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161E3A
RGB	rgb(22, 30, 58)
HSL	hsl(227, 45%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(227, 62%, 23%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 48.3%, 0%, 77.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.99, 6.39, -19.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.99, 20.31, 288.35°)
OKLab	oklab(24.36% 0 -0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(24.36% 0.055 270)
XYZ	xyz(1.5586, 1.4045, 4.1911)
Luminance	0.0140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161E3A #3A3216

analogous

#16303A #161E3A #20163A

triadic

#161E3A #3A161E #1E3A16

tetradic

#161E3A #3A1630 #3A3216 #163A20

square

#161E3A #3A1630 #3A3216 #163A20

split-complementary

#161E3A #3A2016 #303A16

monochromatic

#080B16 #080B16 #161E3A #273566 #384C93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.39

#161E3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.28

#161E3A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161E3A

16.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161E3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161E3A	1.00	16.39	1.28	16.39
#FFFFFF	16.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#12213B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E1E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#052429

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161e3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 30, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.4% 0.055 270.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#565970',
    500: '#161e3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161e3a;
$custom-light: #565970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161e3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.667,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 15.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24357,
    "c": 0.05469,
    "h": 270
  },
  "luminance": 0.01405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161E3A

secondary

#71653B

accent

#B853D5

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9E9EC

border

#C5C5C7

text

#030307

muted

#78787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #161E3A

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

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