#161F38#161F38

#161F38 is a very dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.5% C 0.050 H 267.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161F38
RGB	rgb(22, 31, 56)
HSL	hsl(224, 44%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(224, 61%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 44.6%, 0%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.20, 4.84, -17.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.20, 18.18, 285.43°)
OKLab	oklab(24.47% -0.002 -0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(24.47% 0.05 267.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.5344, 1.4360, 3.9369)
Luminance	0.0144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161F38 #382F16

analogous

#163038 #161F38 #1E1638

triadic

#161F38 #38161F #1F3816

tetradic

#161F38 #381630 #382F16 #16381E

square

#161F38 #381630 #382F16 #16381E

split-complementary

#161F38 #381E16 #303816

monochromatic

#090C16 #090C16 #161F38 #273764 #395090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.31

#161F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.29

#161F38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161F38

16.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161F38	1.00	16.31	1.29	16.31
#FFFFFF	16.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#152239

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#111E37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#062428

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 31, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.5% 0.050 267.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#565a6e',
    500: '#161f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161f38;
$custom-light: #565a6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 224.118,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 15.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24474,
    "c": 0.0496,
    "h": 267.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161F38

secondary

#6F613B

accent

#B254D3

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9E9EC

border

#C5C5C7

text

#030307

muted

#78787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #161F38

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

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