#161E55#161E55

#161E55 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 26.7% C 0.100 H 271.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161E55
RGB	rgb(22, 30, 85)
HSL	hsl(232, 59%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(232, 74%, 33%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.1%, 64.7%, 0%, 66.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.14, 17.45, -34.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.14, 38.67, 296.83°)
OKLab	oklab(26.67% 0.0027 -0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(26.67% 0.1 271.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.4343, 1.7548, 8.8030)
Luminance	0.0175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161E55 #554D16

analogous

#163D55 #161E55 #2D1655

triadic

#161E55 #55161E #1E5516

tetradic

#161E55 #55163D #554D16 #16552D

square

#161E55 #55163D #554D16 #16552D

split-complementary

#161E55 #552D16 #3D5516

monochromatic

#060918 #090D24 #161E55 #232F86 #2F40B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.54

#161E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#161E55 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161E55

15.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161E55	1.00	15.54	1.35	15.54
#FFFFFF	15.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002757

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002C36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 30, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.7% 0.100 271.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d5985',
    500: '#161e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161e55;
$custom-light: #5d5985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.381,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 20.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2667,
    "c": 0.09951,
    "h": 271.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161E55

secondary

#8C823A

accent

#CE46E2

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#E9E9EF

border

#C5C5CA

text

#05030B

muted

#79787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #161E55

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

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