#160B4E#160B4E

#160B4E is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 22.5% C 0.113 H 279.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#160B4E
RGB	rgb(22, 11, 78)
HSL	hsl(250, 75%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(250, 86%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 85.9%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.65, 27.64, -38.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.65, 47.58, 305.51°)
OKLab	oklab(22.48% 0.0189 -0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(22.48% 0.113 279.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.8253, 0.9598, 7.2953)
Luminance	0.0096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 6.09

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#160B4E #434E0B

analogous

#0B214E #160B4E #380B4E

triadic

#160B4E #4E160B #0B4E16

tetradic

#160B4E #4E0B21 #434E0B #0B4E38

square

#160B4E #4E0B21 #434E0B #0B4E38

split-complementary

#160B4E #4E380B #214E0B

monochromatic

#08041B #08041B #160B4E #251384 #341AB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.62

#160B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.19

#160B4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #160B4E

17.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##160B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##160B4E	1.00	17.62	1.19	17.62
#FFFFFF	17.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001B50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00164D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001F2C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#191919

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #160b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 11, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.5% 0.113 279.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d4c80',
    500: '#160b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #160b4e;
$custom-light: #5d4c80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#160b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 11,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.851,
    "s": 75.281,
    "l": 17.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22481,
    "c": 0.11341,
    "h": 279.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#160B4E

secondary

#7A8A2B

accent

#F236D3

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7EE

border

#C5C3C9

text

#05010A

muted

#79777C

Preview Lab

Preview with #160B4E

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

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