#161E50#161E50

#161E50 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.2% C 0.092 H 271.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161E50
RGB	rgb(22, 30, 80)
HSL	hsl(232, 57%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(232, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 62.5%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.70, 15.40, -31.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.70, 35.37, 295.81°)
OKLab	oklab(26.2% 0.0027 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(26.2% 0.092 271.7)
XYZ	xyz(2.2426, 1.6781, 7.7936)
Luminance	0.0168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 7.06

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161E50 #504816

analogous

#163B50 #161E50 #2B1650

triadic

#161E50 #50161E #1E5016

tetradic

#161E50 #50163B #504816 #16502B

square

#161E50 #50163B #504816 #16502B

split-complementary

#161E50 #502B16 #3B5016

monochromatic

#070918 #090C20 #161E50 #233080 #3042B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.72

#161E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34

#161E50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161E50

15.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161E50	1.00	15.72	1.34	15.72
#FFFFFF	15.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002652

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00204F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002A33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 30, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.2% 0.092 271.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b5982',
    500: '#161e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161e50;
$custom-light: #5b5982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.724,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26199,
    "c": 0.09166,
    "h": 271.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161E50

secondary

#877D3A

accent

#CB48E0

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9E9EE

border

#C5C5C9

text

#04030A

muted

#79787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #161E50

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

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