#160E42#160E42

#160E42 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.6% C 0.093 H 282.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#160E42
RGB	rgb(22, 14, 66)
HSL	hsl(249, 65%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(249, 79%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 78.8%, 0%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.93, 21.46, -31.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.93, 38.12, 304.25°)
OKLab	oklab(21.56% 0.0198 -0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(21.56% 0.093 282.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.4710, 0.8779, 5.2451)
Luminance	0.0088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#160E42 #3A420E

analogous

#0E2042 #160E42 #300E42

triadic

#160E42 #42160E #0E4216

tetradic

#160E42 #420E20 #3A420E #0E4230

square

#160E42 #420E20 #3A420E #0E4230

split-complementary

#160E42 #42300E #20420E

monochromatic

#080519 #080519 #160E42 #271974 #3823A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.86

#160E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.18

#160E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #160E42

17.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##160E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##160E42	1.00	17.86	1.18	17.86
#FFFFFF	17.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001C26

Achromatopsia (no color)

#171717

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #160e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 14, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.6% 0.093 282.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a4d77',
    500: '#160e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #160e42;
$custom-light: #5a4d77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#160e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.231,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 15.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21555,
    "c": 0.0929,
    "h": 282.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.00878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#160E42

secondary

#717D2F

accent

#E840CE

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7ED

border

#C5C3C8

text

#040109

muted

#79777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #160E42

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

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