#160E40#160E40

#160E40 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.3% C 0.090 H 283.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#160E40
RGB	rgb(22, 14, 64)
HSL	hsl(250, 64%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(250, 78%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 78.1%, 0%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.72, 20.70, -30.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.72, 36.81, 304.22°)
OKLab	oklab(21.34% 0.0202 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(21.34% 0.09 283)
XYZ	xyz(1.4130, 0.8547, 4.9400)
Luminance	0.0086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Navy Blue (survey)

#001146

ΔE00 4.08

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#160E40 #38400E

analogous

#0E1F40 #160E40 #2F0E40

triadic

#160E40 #40160E #0E4016

tetradic

#160E40 #400E1F #38400E #0E402F

square

#160E40 #400E1F #38400E #0E402F

split-complementary

#160E40 #402F0E #1F400E

monochromatic

#090519 #090519 #160E40 #271972 #3924A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.93

#160E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.17

#160E40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #160E40

17.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##160E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##160E40	1.00	17.93	1.17	17.93
#FFFFFF	17.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00153F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#021B25

Achromatopsia (no color)

#171717

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #160e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 14, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.3% 0.090 283.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#594d75',
    500: '#160e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #160e40;
$custom-light: #594d75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#160e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.6,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 15.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21338,
    "c": 0.08993,
    "h": 283
  },
  "luminance": 0.00855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#160E40

secondary

#6F7B2F

accent

#E741CC

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7ED

border

#C5C3C8

text

#040108

muted

#79777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #160E40

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

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