#161650#161650

#161650 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 24.5% C 0.103 H 275.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161650
RGB	rgb(22, 22, 80)
HSL	hsl(240, 57%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(240, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 72.5%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.44, 21.26, -35.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.44, 41.40, 300.90°)
OKLab	oklab(24.53% 0.0102 -0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(24.53% 0.103 275.7)
XYZ	xyz(2.0653, 1.3234, 7.7345)
Luminance	0.0132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 5.88

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161650 #505016

analogous

#163350 #161650 #331650

triadic

#161650 #501616 #165016

tetradic

#161650 #501633 #505016 #165033

square

#161650 #501633 #505016 #165033

split-complementary

#161650 #503316 #335016

monochromatic

#070718 #090920 #161650 #232380 #3030B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.60

#161650 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#161650 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161650

16.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161650	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161650	1.00	16.60	1.26	16.60
#FFFFFF	16.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002152

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001C4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002530

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161650;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 22, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.5% 0.103 275.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c5382',
    500: '#161650',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161650;
$custom-light: #5c5382;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161650",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24534,
    "c": 0.10302,
    "h": 275.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161650

secondary

#87873A

accent

#E048E0

background

#F5F4F8

surface

#E9E7EF

border

#C5C3CA

text

#05020A

muted

#79787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #161650

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

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