#161248#161248

#161248 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 22.9% C 0.096 H 278.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161248
RGB	rgb(22, 18, 72)
HSL	hsl(244, 60%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(244, 75%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 75%, 0%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.57, 20.97, -33.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.57, 39.14, 302.40°)
OKLab	oklab(22.93% 0.0149 -0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(22.93% 0.096 278.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.7165, 1.0709, 6.2459)
Luminance	0.0107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161248 #444812

analogous

#122948 #161248 #311248

triadic

#161248 #481612 #124816

tetradic

#161248 #481229 #444812 #124831

square

#161248 #481229 #444812 #124831

split-complementary

#161248 #483112 #294812

monochromatic

#070618 #070618 #161248 #251E79 #342AAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.30

#161248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.21

#161248 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161248

17.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161248	1.00	17.30	1.21	17.30
#FFFFFF	17.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001D4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001847

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00202B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1B1B1B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 18, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.9% 0.096 278.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b507c',
    500: '#161248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161248;
$custom-light: #5b507c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 18,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.444,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 17.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22927,
    "c": 0.09643,
    "h": 278.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161248

secondary

#7B8135

accent

#E345D7

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7EE

border

#C5C3C9

text

#040209

muted

#79787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #161248

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

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