#161E5D#161E5D

#161E5D is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.5% C 0.112 H 271.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161E5D
RGB	rgb(22, 30, 93)
HSL	hsl(233, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(233, 76%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.3%, 67.7%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.89, 20.71, -38.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.89, 43.86, 298.18°)
OKLab	oklab(27.46% 0.0025 -0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(27.46% 0.112 271.3)
XYZ	xyz(2.7703, 1.8892, 10.5725)
Luminance	0.0189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161E5D #5D5516

analogous

#16425D #161E5D #31165D

triadic

#161E5D #5D161E #1E5D16

tetradic

#161E5D #5D1642 #5D5516 #165D31

square

#161E5D #5D1642 #5D5516 #165D31

split-complementary

#161E5D #5D3116 #425D16

monochromatic

#060819 #0A0E2C #161E5D #222E8E #2D3EC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.24

#161E5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#161E5D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161E5D

15.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161E5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161E5D	1.00	15.24	1.38	15.24
#FFFFFF	15.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00295F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00225C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002E3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#252525

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161e5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 30, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.5% 0.112 271.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f598c',
    500: '#161e5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161e5d;
$custom-light: #5f598c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161e5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.239,
    "s": 61.739,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27458,
    "c": 0.11168,
    "h": 271.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161E5D

secondary

#948A3B

accent

#D343E5

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#EAE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#05030C

muted

#79787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #161E5D

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

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