#161E5B#161E5B

#161E5B is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.3% C 0.109 H 271.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161E5B
RGB	rgb(22, 30, 91)
HSL	hsl(233, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(233, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.8%, 67%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.70, 19.90, -37.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.70, 42.57, 297.87°)
OKLab	oklab(27.26% 0.0026 -0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(27.26% 0.109 271.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.6828, 1.8542, 10.1120)
Luminance	0.0185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161E5B #5B5316

analogous

#16415B #161E5B #30165B

triadic

#161E5B #5B161E #1E5B16

tetradic

#161E5B #5B1641 #5B5316 #165B30

square

#161E5B #5B1641 #5B5316 #165B30

split-complementary

#161E5B #5B3016 #415B16

monochromatic

#060819 #0A0E2A #161E5B #222E8C #2E3EBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.32

#161E5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.37

#161E5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161E5B

15.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161E5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161E5B	1.00	15.32	1.37	15.32
#FFFFFF	15.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00285D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00225A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002E39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161e5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 30, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.3% 0.109 271.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e598a',
    500: '#161e5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161e5b;
$custom-light: #5e598a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161e5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.043,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 22.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27257,
    "c": 0.10868,
    "h": 271.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161E5B

secondary

#92883B

accent

#D244E4

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#EAE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#05030C

muted

#79787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #161E5B

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

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