#161E5A#161E5A

#161E5A is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.018; OKLCH L 27.2% C 0.107 H 271.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161E5A
RGB	rgb(22, 30, 90)
HSL	hsl(233, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(233, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 66.7%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.61, 19.49, -37.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.61, 41.93, 297.71°)
OKLab	oklab(27.16% 0.0026 -0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(27.16% 0.107 271.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.6400, 1.8370, 9.8863)
Luminance	0.0184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161E5A #5A5216

analogous

#16405A #161E5A #30165A

triadic

#161E5A #5A161E #1E5A16

tetradic

#161E5A #5A1640 #5A5216 #165A30

square

#161E5A #5A1640 #5A5216 #165A30

split-complementary

#161E5A #5A3016 #405A16

monochromatic

#060819 #0A0E29 #161E5A #222E8B #2E3FBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.36

#161E5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.37

#161E5A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161E5A

15.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161E5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161E5A	1.00	15.36	1.37	15.36
#FFFFFF	15.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00285C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002D38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161e5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 30, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.2% 0.107 271.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e5989',
    500: '#161e5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161e5a;
$custom-light: #5e5989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161e5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.941,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27158,
    "c": 0.10717,
    "h": 271.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161E5A

secondary

#91873B

accent

#D144E4

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#EAE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#05030C

muted

#79787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #161E5A

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

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