#160C4E#160C4E

#160C4E is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 22.6% C 0.112 H 279.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#160C4E
RGB	rgb(22, 12, 78)
HSL	hsl(249, 73%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(249, 85%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 84.6%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.85, 27.06, -38.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.85, 46.98, 305.18°)
OKLab	oklab(22.62% 0.0183 -0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(22.62% 0.112 279.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.8371, 0.9834, 7.2993)
Luminance	0.0098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 5.98

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#160C4E #444E0C

analogous

#0C234E #160C4E #370C4E

triadic

#160C4E #4E160C #0C4E16

tetradic

#160C4E #4E0C23 #444E0C #0C4E37

square

#160C4E #4E0C23 #444E0C #0C4E37

split-complementary

#160C4E #4E370C #234E0C

monochromatic

#07041B #07041B #160C4E #251483 #341CB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.55

#160C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.20

#160C4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #160C4E

17.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##160C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##160C4E	1.00	17.55	1.20	17.55
#FFFFFF	17.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001C50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00174D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001F2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#191919

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #160c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 12, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.6% 0.112 279.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5d4c80',
    500: '#160c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #160c4e;
$custom-light: #5d4c80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#160c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 12,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.091,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 17.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22621,
    "c": 0.11237,
    "h": 279.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.00984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#160C4E

secondary

#7B8A2C

accent

#F038D4

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7EE

border

#C5C3C9

text

#05010A

muted

#79777C

Preview Lab

Preview with #160C4E

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

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