#161E4E#161E4E

#161E4E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 26.0% C 0.088 H 271.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161E4E
RGB	rgb(22, 30, 78)
HSL	hsl(231, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(231, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 61.5%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.53, 14.57, -30.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.53, 34.03, 295.36°)
OKLab	oklab(26.02% 0.0026 -0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(26.02% 0.088 271.7)
XYZ	xyz(2.1698, 1.6490, 7.4102)
Luminance	0.0165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 6.96

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161E4E #4E4616

analogous

#163A4E #161E4E #2A164E

triadic

#161E4E #4E161E #1E4E16

tetradic

#161E4E #4E163A #4E4616 #164E2A

square

#161E4E #4E163A #4E4616 #164E2A

split-complementary

#161E4E #4E2A16 #3A4E16

monochromatic

#070918 #090C1E #161E4E #23307E #3143AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.79

#161E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.33

#161E4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161E4E

15.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161E4E	1.00	15.79	1.33	15.79
#FFFFFF	15.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00204D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002A32

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 30, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.0% 0.088 271.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b5980',
    500: '#161e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161e4e;
$custom-light: #5b5980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26015,
    "c": 0.08846,
    "h": 271.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161E4E

secondary

#857B3A

accent

#CA49DF

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9E9EE

border

#C5C5C9

text

#04030A

muted

#79787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #161E4E

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

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