#161632#161632

#161632 is a very dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 21.7% C 0.054 H 281.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161632
RGB	rgb(22, 22, 50)
HSL	hsl(240, 39%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(240, 56%, 20%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 56%, 0%, 80.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.78, 9.41, -18.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.78, 20.87, 296.80°)
OKLab	oklab(21.73% 0.0102 -0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(21.73% 0.054 281)
XYZ	xyz(1.1933, 0.9746, 3.1422)
Luminance	0.0097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 7.35

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161632 #323216

analogous

#162432 #161632 #241632

triadic

#161632 #321616 #163216

tetradic

#161632 #321624 #323216 #163224

square

#161632 #321624 #323216 #163224

split-complementary

#161632 #322416 #243216

monochromatic

#090915 #090915 #161632 #29295D #3B3B87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.57

#161632 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.20

#161632 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161632

17.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161632	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161632	1.00	17.57	1.20	17.57
#FFFFFF	17.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A1A33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#091831

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0C1C21

Achromatopsia (no color)

#191919

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161632;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 22, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.7% 0.054 281.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#55526a',
    500: '#161632',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161632;
$custom-light: #55526a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161632",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 38.889,
    "l": 14.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21728,
    "c": 0.05385,
    "h": 281
  },
  "luminance": 0.00975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161632

secondary

#68683C

accent

#CF59CF

background

#F5F4F6

surface

#E9E7EB

border

#C5C3C6

text

#030206

muted

#78787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #161632

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

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