#161641#161641

#161641 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 23.0% C 0.080 H 278.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161641
RGB	rgb(22, 22, 65)
HSL	hsl(240, 49%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(240, 66%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 66.2%, 0%, 74.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.00, 15.32, -27.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.00, 31.42, 299.18°)
OKLab	oklab(23.03% 0.0113 -0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(23.03% 0.08 278.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.5716, 1.1259, 5.1345)
Luminance	0.0113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161641 #414116

analogous

#162C41 #161641 #2C1641

triadic

#161641 #411616 #164116

tetradic

#161641 #41162C #414116 #16412C

square

#161641 #41162C #414116 #16412C

split-complementary

#161641 #412C16 #2C4116

monochromatic

#080817 #080817 #161641 #25256F #35359C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.14

#161641 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.23

#161641 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161641

17.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161641	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161641	1.00	17.14	1.23	17.14
#FFFFFF	17.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001D42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001A40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1B1B1B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161641;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 22, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.0% 0.080 278.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#585376',
    500: '#161641',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161641;
$custom-light: #585376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161641",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 49.425,
    "l": 17.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23032,
    "c": 0.07955,
    "h": 278.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161641

secondary

#78783A

accent

#D94FD9

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7ED

border

#C5C3C8

text

#040208

muted

#79787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #161641

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

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