#161E60#161E60

#161E60 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.019; OKLCH L 27.8% C 0.116 H 271.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161E60
RGB	rgb(22, 30, 96)
HSL	hsl(234, 63%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(234, 77%, 38%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.1%, 68.7%, 0%, 62.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.19, 21.91, -40.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.19, 45.77, 298.61°)
OKLab	oklab(27.76% 0.0023 -0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(27.76% 0.116 271.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.9058, 1.9434, 11.2860)
Luminance	0.0194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161E60 #605816

analogous

#164360 #161E60 #331660

triadic

#161E60 #60161E #1E6016

tetradic

#161E60 #601643 #605816 #166033

square

#161E60 #601643 #605816 #166033

split-complementary

#161E60 #603316 #436016

monochromatic

#060819 #0B0E2E #161E60 #212E92 #2D3DC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.12

#161E60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.39

#161E60 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161E60

15.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161E60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161E60	1.00	15.12	1.39	15.12
#FFFFFF	15.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002A62

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00235F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002F3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161e60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 30, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.8% 0.116 271.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#60598e',
    500: '#161e60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161e60;
$custom-light: #60598e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161e60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.514,
    "s": 62.712,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27763,
    "c": 0.11612,
    "h": 271.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161E60

secondary

#978D3B

accent

#D442E6

background

#F6F5F8

surface

#EBE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#05030C

muted

#7A787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #161E60

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

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