#161F3B#161F3B

#161F3B is a very dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 24.7% C 0.055 H 268.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161F3B
RGB	rgb(22, 31, 59)
HSL	hsl(225, 46%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(225, 63%, 23%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 47.5%, 0%, 76.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.39, 6.03, -19.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.39, 20.26, 287.32°)
OKLab	oklab(24.69% -0.0012 -0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(24.69% 0.055 268.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.6100, 1.4662, 4.3350)
Luminance	0.0147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161F3B #3B3216

analogous

#16313B #161F3B #1F163B

triadic

#161F3B #3B161F #1F3B16

tetradic

#161F3B #3B1631 #3B3216 #163B1F

square

#161F3B #3B1631 #3B3216 #163B1F

split-complementary

#161F3B #3B1F16 #313B16

monochromatic

#080C16 #080C16 #161F3B #273668 #374E94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.24

#161F3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.29

#161F3B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161F3B

16.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161F3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161F3B	1.00	16.24	1.29	16.24
#FFFFFF	16.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#13223C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F1F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#04252A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161f3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 31, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.7% 0.055 268.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#565a71',
    500: '#161f3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161f3b;
$custom-light: #565a71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161f3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.405,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24689,
    "c": 0.05489,
    "h": 268.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161F3B

secondary

#72653B

accent

#B652D5

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9E9EC

border

#C5C5C7

text

#030307

muted

#78787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #161F3B

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

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