#161E42#161E42

#161E42 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 25.0% C 0.069 H 271.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161E42
RGB	rgb(22, 30, 66)
HSL	hsl(229, 50%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(229, 67%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 54.5%, 0%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.56, 9.64, -24.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.56, 25.86, 291.87°)
OKLab	oklab(24.98% 0.0015 -0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(24.98% 0.069 271.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.7782, 1.4923, 5.3475)
Luminance	0.0149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161E42 #423A16

analogous

#163442 #161E42 #241642

triadic

#161E42 #42161E #1E4216

tetradic

#161E42 #421634 #423A16 #164224

square

#161E42 #421634 #423A16 #164224

split-complementary

#161E42 #422416 #344216

monochromatic

#080A17 #080A17 #161E42 #253370 #35489E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.17

#161E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.30

#161E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161E42

16.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161E42	1.00	16.17	1.30	16.17
#FFFFFF	16.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C2343

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#061F41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00262C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#212121

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 30, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.0% 0.069 271.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#585976',
    500: '#161e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161e42;
$custom-light: #585976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.091,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 17.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24979,
    "c": 0.06859,
    "h": 271.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161E42

secondary

#796E3A

accent

#C04EDA

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9E9ED

border

#C5C5C8

text

#030308

muted

#78787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #161E42

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

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