#161E5E#161E5E

#161E5E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.6% C 0.113 H 271.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161E5E
RGB	rgb(22, 30, 94)
HSL	hsl(233, 62%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(233, 77%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 68.1%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.99, 21.11, -39.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.99, 44.49, 298.32°)
OKLab	oklab(27.56% 0.0024 -0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(27.56% 0.113 271.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.8148, 1.9070, 10.8072)
Luminance	0.0191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161E5E #5E5616

analogous

#16425E #161E5E #32165E

triadic

#161E5E #5E161E #1E5E16

tetradic

#161E5E #5E1642 #5E5616 #165E32

square

#161E5E #5E1642 #5E5616 #165E32

split-complementary

#161E5E #5E3216 #425E16

monochromatic

#060819 #0A0E2C #161E5E #222E90 #2D3EC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.20

#161E5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.38

#161E5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161E5E

15.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161E5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161E5E	1.00	15.20	1.38	15.20
#FFFFFF	15.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002960

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00225D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002F3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161e5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 30, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.6% 0.113 271.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f598c',
    500: '#161e5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161e5e;
$custom-light: #5f598c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161e5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.333,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27559,
    "c": 0.11317,
    "h": 271.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161E5E

secondary

#958B3B

accent

#D343E5

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#EAE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#05030C

muted

#79787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #161E5E

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

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