#160E49#160E49

#160E49 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 22.3% C 0.103 H 280.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#160E49
RGB	rgb(22, 14, 73)
HSL	hsl(248, 68%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(248, 81%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 80.8%, 0%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.70, 24.03, -35.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.70, 42.60, 304.35°)
OKLab	oklab(22.34% 0.0182 -0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(22.34% 0.103 280.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.6901, 0.9656, 6.3993)
Luminance	0.0097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#160E49 #41490E

analogous

#0E2349 #160E49 #340E49

triadic

#160E49 #49160E #0E4916

tetradic

#160E49 #490E23 #41490E #0E4934

square

#160E49 #490E23 #41490E #0E4934

split-complementary

#160E49 #49340E #23490E

monochromatic

#08051A #08051A #160E49 #25187C #3522B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.60

#160E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.19

#160E49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #160E49

17.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##160E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##160E49	1.00	17.60	1.19	17.60
#FFFFFF	17.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001B4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#001E2A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#191919

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #160e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 14, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.3% 0.103 280.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b4d7c',
    500: '#160e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #160e49;
$custom-light: #5b4d7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#160e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 14,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 248.136,
    "s": 67.816,
    "l": 17.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22339,
    "c": 0.10309,
    "h": 280.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.00966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#160E49

secondary

#78842F

accent

#EB3DD3

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7EE

border

#C5C3C9

text

#040109

muted

#79777B

Preview Lab

Preview with #160E49

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

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