#161F51#161F51

#161F51 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.5% C 0.092 H 271.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161F51
RGB	rgb(22, 31, 81)
HSL	hsl(231, 57%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(231, 73%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.8%, 61.7%, 0%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(14.08, 15.07, -31.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(14.08, 35.27, 295.29°)
OKLab	oklab(26.51% 0.0017 -0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(26.51% 0.092 271.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.3056, 1.7444, 7.9982)
Luminance	0.0175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161F51 #514816

analogous

#163D51 #161F51 #2A1651

triadic

#161F51 #51161F #1F5116

tetradic

#161F51 #51163D #514816 #16512A

square

#161F51 #51163D #514816 #16512A

split-complementary

#161F51 #512A16 #3D5116

monochromatic

#070918 #090D21 #161F51 #233181 #3044B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.57

#161F51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.35

#161F51 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161F51

15.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161F51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161F51	1.00	15.57	1.35	15.57
#FFFFFF	15.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002753

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002150

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002B34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#242424

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161f51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 31, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.5% 0.092 271.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c5a82',
    500: '#161f51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161f51;
$custom-light: #5c5a82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161f51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 31,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.847,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 20.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26514,
    "c": 0.09179,
    "h": 271.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161F51

secondary

#887D3A

accent

#C947E1

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#E9E9EF

border

#C5C5CA

text

#04030A

muted

#79787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #161F51

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

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