#160E48#160E48

#160E48 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 22.2% C 0.102 H 280.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#160E48
RGB	rgb(22, 14, 72)
HSL	hsl(248, 67%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(248, 81%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 80.6%, 0%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.59, 23.67, -34.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.59, 41.97, 304.33°)
OKLab	oklab(22.23% 0.0184 -0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(22.23% 0.102 280.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.6572, 0.9524, 6.2261)
Luminance	0.0095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#160E48 #40480E

analogous

#0E2348 #160E48 #330E48

triadic

#160E48 #48160E #0E4816

tetradic

#160E48 #480E23 #40480E #0E4833

square

#160E48 #480E23 #40480E #0E4833

split-complementary

#160E48 #48330E #23480E

monochromatic

#08051A #08051A #160E48 #26187B #3522AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.64

#160E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.19

#160E48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #160E48

17.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##160E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##160E48	1.00	17.64	1.19	17.64
#FFFFFF	17.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001B4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001E2A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#191919

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #160e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 14, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.2% 0.102 280.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b4d7c',
    500: '#160e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #160e48;
$custom-light: #5b4d7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#160e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.276,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22225,
    "c": 0.10165,
    "h": 280.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.00953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#160E48

secondary

#77832F

accent

#EA3DD2

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7EE

border

#C5C3C9

text

#040109

muted

#79777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #160E48

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

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