#161E5C#161E5C

#161E5C is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.4% C 0.110 H 271.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161E5C
RGB	rgb(22, 30, 92)
HSL	hsl(233, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(233, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.1%, 67.4%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.80, 20.30, -38.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.80, 43.21, 298.02°)
OKLab	oklab(27.36% 0.0025 -0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(27.36% 0.11 271.3)
XYZ	xyz(2.7263, 1.8716, 10.3407)
Luminance	0.0187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161E5C #5C5416

analogous

#16415C #161E5C #31165C

triadic

#161E5C #5C161E #1E5C16

tetradic

#161E5C #5C1641 #5C5416 #165C31

square

#161E5C #5C1641 #5C5416 #165C31

split-complementary

#161E5C #5C3116 #415C16

monochromatic

#060819 #0A0E2B #161E5C #222E8D #2E3EBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.28

#161E5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.37

#161E5C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161E5C

15.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161E5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161E5C	1.00	15.28	1.37	15.28
#FFFFFF	15.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00295E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00225B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002E39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161e5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 30, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.4% 0.110 271.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f598b',
    500: '#161e5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161e5c;
$custom-light: #5f598b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161e5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.143,
    "s": 61.404,
    "l": 22.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27357,
    "c": 0.11018,
    "h": 271.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161E5C

secondary

#93893B

accent

#D243E5

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#EAE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#05030C

muted

#79787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #161E5C

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

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