#161E44#161E44

#161E44 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 25.1% C 0.072 H 271.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161E44
RGB	rgb(22, 30, 68)
HSL	hsl(230, 51%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(230, 68%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 55.9%, 0%, 73.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.71, 10.46, -25.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.71, 27.24, 292.57°)
OKLab	oklab(25.14% 0.0018 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(25.14% 0.072 271.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.8382, 1.5163, 5.6635)
Luminance	0.0152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161E44 #443C16

analogous

#163544 #161E44 #251644

triadic

#161E44 #44161E #1E4416

tetradic

#161E44 #441635 #443C16 #164425

square

#161E44 #441635 #443C16 #164425

split-complementary

#161E44 #442516 #354416

monochromatic

#070A17 #070A17 #161E44 #253272 #3447A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.11

#161E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.30

#161E44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161E44

16.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161E44	1.00	16.11	1.30	16.11
#FFFFFF	16.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A2345

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#031F43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00272D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#212121

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 30, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.1% 0.072 271.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#595978',
    500: '#161e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161e44;
$custom-light: #595978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.565,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 17.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25143,
    "c": 0.07198,
    "h": 271.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161E44

secondary

#7B703A

accent

#C24DDB

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9E9ED

border

#C5C5C8

text

#040309

muted

#79787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #161E44

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

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