#161E4B#161E4B

#161E4B is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 25.7% C 0.084 H 271.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161E4B
RGB	rgb(22, 30, 75)
HSL	hsl(231, 55%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(231, 71%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 60%, 0%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.27, 13.34, -29.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.27, 32.01, 294.62°)
OKLab	oklab(25.75% 0.0024 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(25.75% 0.084 271.7)
XYZ	xyz(2.0647, 1.6069, 6.8566)
Luminance	0.0161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 6.89

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161E4B #4B4316

analogous

#16394B #161E4B #29164B

triadic

#161E4B #4B161E #1E4B16

tetradic

#161E4B #4B1639 #4B4316 #164B29

square

#161E4B #4B1639 #4B4316 #164B29

split-complementary

#161E4B #4B2916 #394B16

monochromatic

#070918 #080B1C #161E4B #24317A #3244AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.89

#161E4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.32

#161E4B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161E4B

15.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161E4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161E4B	1.00	15.89	1.32	15.89
#FFFFFF	15.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#02254D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00204A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002931

Achromatopsia (no color)

#222222

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161e4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 30, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.7% 0.084 271.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a597e',
    500: '#161e4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161e4b;
$custom-light: #5a597e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161e4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.943,
    "s": 54.639,
    "l": 19.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25745,
    "c": 0.08361,
    "h": 271.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161E4B

secondary

#83783A

accent

#C84ADE

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9E9EE

border

#C5C5C9

text

#04030A

muted

#79787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #161E4B

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

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