#161E58#161E58

#161E58 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.0% C 0.104 H 271.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161E58
RGB	rgb(22, 30, 88)
HSL	hsl(233, 60%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(233, 75%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75%, 65.9%, 0%, 65.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.42, 18.68, -36.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.42, 40.63, 297.37°)
OKLab	oklab(26.96% 0.0027 -0.1041)
OKLCH	oklch(26.96% 0.104 271.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.5560, 1.8035, 9.4440)
Luminance	0.0180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161E58 #585016

analogous

#163F58 #161E58 #2F1658

triadic

#161E58 #58161E #1E5816

tetradic

#161E58 #58163F #585016 #16582F

square

#161E58 #58163F #585016 #16582F

split-complementary

#161E58 #582F16 #3F5816

monochromatic

#060818 #0A0D27 #161E58 #222F89 #2E3FBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.43

#161E58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.36

#161E58 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161E58

15.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161E58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161E58	1.00	15.43	1.36	15.43
#FFFFFF	15.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00285A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002D37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161e58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 30, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.0% 0.104 271.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e5988',
    500: '#161e58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161e58;
$custom-light: #5e5988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161e58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.727,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 21.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26961,
    "c": 0.10412,
    "h": 271.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161E58

secondary

#8F853B

accent

#D045E3

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#E9E9F0

border

#C5C5CB

text

#05030B

muted

#79787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #161E58

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

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