#160C49#160C49

#160C49 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 22.0% C 0.105 H 280.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#160C49
RGB	rgb(22, 12, 73)
HSL	hsl(250, 72%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(250, 84%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 83.6%, 0%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.26, 25.29, -35.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.26, 43.92, 305.16°)
OKLab	oklab(22.03% 0.0197 -0.1036)
OKLCH	oklch(22.03% 0.105 280.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.6646, 0.9144, 6.3908)
Luminance	0.0092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#160C49 #3F490C

analogous

#0C2149 #160C49 #350C49

triadic

#160C49 #49160C #0C4916

tetradic

#160C49 #490C21 #3F490C #0C4935

square

#160C49 #490C21 #3F490C #0C4935

split-complementary

#160C49 #49350C #21490C

monochromatic

#08041A #08041A #160C49 #26157E #361DB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.75

#160C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.18

#160C49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #160C49

17.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##160C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##160C49	1.00	17.75	1.18	17.75
#FFFFFF	17.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001A4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001648

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001D2A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#181818

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #160c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 12, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.0% 0.105 280.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c4c7c',
    500: '#160c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #160c49;
$custom-light: #5c4c7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#160c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.836,
    "s": 71.765,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22026,
    "c": 0.10545,
    "h": 280.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.00915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#160C49

secondary

#76852C

accent

#EE39D1

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7EE

border

#C5C3C9

text

#040109

muted

#79777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #160C49

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

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