#161E40#161E40

#161E40 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 24.8% C 0.065 H 271.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161E40
RGB	rgb(22, 30, 64)
HSL	hsl(229, 49%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(229, 66%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 53.1%, 0%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.41, 8.82, -22.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.41, 24.48, 291.11°)
OKLab	oklab(24.82% 0.0012 -0.0651)
OKLCH	oklch(24.82% 0.065 271)
XYZ	xyz(1.7203, 1.4692, 5.0424)
Luminance	0.0147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161E40 #403816

analogous

#163340 #161E40 #231640

triadic

#161E40 #40161E #1E4016

tetradic

#161E40 #401633 #403816 #164023

square

#161E40 #401633 #403816 #164023

split-complementary

#161E40 #402316 #334016

monochromatic

#080B17 #080B17 #161E40 #26336E #35499B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.23

#161E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.29

#161E40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161E40

16.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161E40	1.00	16.23	1.29	16.23
#FFFFFF	16.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E2241

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#081F3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00262B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 30, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.8% 0.065 271.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#585975',
    500: '#161e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161e40;
$custom-light: #585975;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.571,
    "s": 48.837,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24818,
    "c": 0.06516,
    "h": 271
  },
  "luminance": 0.01469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161E40

secondary

#776C3B

accent

#BE4FD8

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9E9ED

border

#C5C5C8

text

#030308

muted

#78787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #161E40

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

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