#161E45#161E45

#161E45 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 25.2% C 0.074 H 271.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161E45
RGB	rgb(22, 30, 69)
HSL	hsl(230, 52%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(230, 68%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 56.5%, 0%, 72.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.79, 10.87, -25.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.79, 27.93, 292.90°)
OKLab	oklab(25.23% 0.0019 -0.0736)
OKLCH	oklch(25.23% 0.074 271.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.8690, 1.5286, 5.8256)
Luminance	0.0153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161E45 #453D16

analogous

#163545 #161E45 #251645

triadic

#161E45 #45161E #1E4516

tetradic

#161E45 #451635 #453D16 #164525

square

#161E45 #451635 #453D16 #164525

split-complementary

#161E45 #452516 #354516

monochromatic

#070A17 #070A17 #161E45 #253273 #3446A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.08

#161E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.31

#161E45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161E45

16.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161E45	1.00	16.08	1.31	16.08
#FFFFFF	16.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#092346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#021F44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00272E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#212121

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 30, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.2% 0.074 271.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#595979',
    500: '#161e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161e45;
$custom-light: #595979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.787,
    "s": 51.648,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25227,
    "c": 0.07366,
    "h": 271.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161E45

secondary

#7C713A

accent

#C34DDB

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9E9ED

border

#C5C5C8

text

#040309

muted

#79787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #161E45

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

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