#161F4E#161F4E

#161F4E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.2% C 0.087 H 271.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161F4E
RGB	rgb(22, 31, 78)
HSL	hsl(230, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(230, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 60.3%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.83, 13.82, -30.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.83, 33.27, 294.55°)
OKLab	oklab(26.24% 0.0016 -0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(26.24% 0.087 271)
XYZ	xyz(2.1955, 1.7004, 7.4188)
Luminance	0.0170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161F4E #4E4516

analogous

#163B4E #161F4E #29164E

triadic

#161F4E #4E161F #1F4E16

tetradic

#161F4E #4E163B #4E4516 #164E29

square

#161F4E #4E163B #4E4516 #164E29

split-complementary

#161F4E #4E2916 #3B4E16

monochromatic

#070918 #090C1E #161F4E #23327E #3145AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.67

#161F4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34

#161F4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161F4E

15.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161F4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161F4E	1.00	15.67	1.34	15.67
#FFFFFF	15.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00214D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002A33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161f4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 31, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.2% 0.087 271.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b5a80',
    500: '#161f4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161f4e;
$custom-light: #5b5a80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161f4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.357,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26243,
    "c": 0.08697,
    "h": 271
  },
  "luminance": 0.01701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161F4E

secondary

#85793A

accent

#C749DF

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9E9EE

border

#C5C5C9

text

#04030A

muted

#79787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #161F4E

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

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