#161E57#161E57

#161E57 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 26.9% C 0.103 H 271.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161E57
RGB	rgb(22, 30, 87)
HSL	hsl(233, 60%, 21%)
HSV	hsv(233, 75%, 34%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.7%, 65.5%, 0%, 65.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.33, 18.27, -35.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.33, 39.98, 297.19°)
OKLab	oklab(26.86% 0.0027 -0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(26.86% 0.103 271.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.5149, 1.7870, 9.2274)
Luminance	0.0179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161E57 #574F16

analogous

#163F57 #161E57 #2F1657

triadic

#161E57 #57161E #1E5716

tetradic

#161E57 #57163F #574F16 #16572F

square

#161E57 #57163F #574F16 #16572F

split-complementary

#161E57 #572F16 #3F5716

monochromatic

#060818 #0A0D26 #161E57 #222F88 #2F40B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.47

#161E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#161E57 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161E57

15.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161E57	1.00	15.47	1.36	15.47
#FFFFFF	15.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002759

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002C37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 30, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.9% 0.103 271.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d5987',
    500: '#161e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161e57;
$custom-light: #5d5987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.615,
    "s": 59.633,
    "l": 21.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26863,
    "c": 0.1026,
    "h": 271.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161E57

secondary

#8E843A

accent

#CF45E3

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#E9E9EF

border

#C5C5CA

text

#05030B

muted

#79787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #161E57

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

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