#161E56#161E56

#161E56 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 26.8% C 0.101 H 271.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161E56
RGB	rgb(22, 30, 86)
HSL	hsl(233, 59%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(233, 74%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.4%, 65.1%, 0%, 66.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.24, 17.86, -35.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.24, 39.33, 297.01°)
OKLab	oklab(26.77% 0.0027 -0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(26.77% 0.101 271.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.4743, 1.7708, 9.0137)
Luminance	0.0177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161E56 #564E16

analogous

#163E56 #161E56 #2E1656

triadic

#161E56 #56161E #1E5616

tetradic

#161E56 #56163E #564E16 #16562E

square

#161E56 #56163E #564E16 #16562E

split-complementary

#161E56 #562E16 #3E5616

monochromatic

#060918 #0A0D25 #161E56 #222F87 #2F40B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.51

#161E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#161E56 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161E56

15.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161E56	1.00	15.51	1.35	15.51
#FFFFFF	15.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002758

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002C36

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 30, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.8% 0.101 271.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d5986',
    500: '#161e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161e56;
$custom-light: #5d5986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.5,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 21.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26766,
    "c": 0.10106,
    "h": 271.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161E56

secondary

#8D833A

accent

#CF45E2

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#E9E9EF

border

#C5C5CA

text

#05030B

muted

#79787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #161E56

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

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