#161E46#161E46

#161E46 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 25.3% C 0.075 H 271.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161E46
RGB	rgb(22, 30, 70)
HSL	hsl(230, 52%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(230, 69%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 57.1%, 0%, 72.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.87, 11.28, -26.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.87, 28.61, 293.21°)
OKLab	oklab(25.31% 0.002 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(25.31% 0.075 271.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.9003, 1.5412, 5.9905)
Luminance	0.0154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161E46 #463E16

analogous

#163646 #161E46 #261646

triadic

#161E46 #46161E #1E4616

tetradic

#161E46 #461636 #463E16 #164626

square

#161E46 #461636 #463E16 #164626

split-complementary

#161E46 #462616 #364616

monochromatic

#070A17 #070A17 #161E46 #253275 #3346A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.05

#161E46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.31

#161E46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161E46

16.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161E46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161E46	1.00	16.05	1.31	16.05
#FFFFFF	16.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#082347

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#011F45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00272E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#212121

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161e46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 30, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.3% 0.075 271.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#59597a',
    500: '#161e46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161e46;
$custom-light: #59597a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161e46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 18.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25311,
    "c": 0.07535,
    "h": 271.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161E46

secondary

#7D723A

accent

#C44CDC

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9E9ED

border

#C5C5C8

text

#040309

muted

#79787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #161E46

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

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