#160C4A#160C4A

#160C4A is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 22.1% C 0.107 H 280.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#160C4A
RGB	rgb(22, 12, 74)
HSL	hsl(250, 72%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(250, 84%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 83.8%, 0%, 71%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.37, 25.64, -36.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.37, 44.53, 305.16°)
OKLab	oklab(22.14% 0.0194 -0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(22.14% 0.107 280.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.6980, 0.9278, 6.5668)
Luminance	0.0093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#160C4A #404A0C

analogous

#0C214A #160C4A #350C4A

triadic

#160C4A #4A160C #0C4A16

tetradic

#160C4A #4A0C21 #404A0C #0C4A35

square

#160C4A #4A0C21 #404A0C #0C4A35

split-complementary

#160C4A #4A350C #214A0C

monochromatic

#08041A #08041A #160C4A #26157F #351DB3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.71

#160C4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.19

#160C4A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #160C4A

17.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##160C4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##160C4A	1.00	17.71	1.19	17.71
#FFFFFF	17.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001A4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001649

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001E2A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#181818

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #160c4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 12, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.1% 0.107 280.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c4c7d',
    500: '#160c4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #160c4a;
$custom-light: #5c4c7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#160c4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.677,
    "s": 72.093,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22144,
    "c": 0.10685,
    "h": 280.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.00928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#160C4A

secondary

#77862C

accent

#EF39D1

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7EE

border

#C5C3C9

text

#04010A

muted

#79777C

Preview Lab

Preview with #160C4A

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

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