#160C4B#160C4B

#160C4B is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 22.3% C 0.108 H 280.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#160C4B
RGB	rgb(22, 12, 75)
HSL	hsl(250, 72%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(250, 84%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.7%, 84%, 0%, 70.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.49, 26.00, -36.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.49, 45.15, 305.16°)
OKLab	oklab(22.26% 0.0192 -0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(22.26% 0.108 280.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.7319, 0.9414, 6.7457)
Luminance	0.0094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 5.54

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#160C4B #414B0C

analogous

#0C224B #160C4B #360C4B

triadic

#160C4B #4B160C #0C4B16

tetradic

#160C4B #4B0C22 #414B0C #0C4B36

square

#160C4B #4B0C22 #414B0C #0C4B36

split-complementary

#160C4B #4B360C #224B0C

monochromatic

#08041A #08041A #160C4B #251480 #351DB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.67

#160C4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.19

#160C4B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #160C4B

17.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##160C4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##160C4B	1.00	17.67	1.19	17.67
#FFFFFF	17.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001B4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00164A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001E2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#181818

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #160c4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 12, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.3% 0.108 280.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c4c7e',
    500: '#160c4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #160c4b;
$custom-light: #5c4c7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#160c4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.524,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 17.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22262,
    "c": 0.10824,
    "h": 280.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.00942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#160C4B

secondary

#78872C

accent

#EF39D2

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7EE

border

#C5C3C9

text

#05010A

muted

#79777C

Preview Lab

Preview with #160C4B

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

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