#161745#161745

#161745 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 23.6% C 0.085 H 276.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161745
RGB	rgb(22, 23, 69)
HSL	hsl(239, 52%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(239, 68%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 66.7%, 0%, 72.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.65, 16.16, -29.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.65, 33.36, 298.98°)
OKLab	oklab(23.63% 0.0101 -0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(23.63% 0.085 276.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.7111, 1.2129, 5.7730)
Luminance	0.0121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161745 #454416

analogous

#162E45 #161745 #2C1645

triadic

#161745 #451617 #174516

tetradic

#161745 #45162E #454416 #16452C

square

#161745 #45162E #454416 #16452C

split-complementary

#161745 #452C16 #2E4516

monochromatic

#070817 #070817 #161745 #252673 #3436A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.90

#161745 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.24

#161745 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161745

16.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161745	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161745	1.00	16.90	1.24	16.90
#FFFFFF	16.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001F47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001B44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00222B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161745;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 23, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.6% 0.085 276.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#595379',
    500: '#161745',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161745;
$custom-light: #595379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161745",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 238.723,
    "s": 51.648,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23628,
    "c": 0.0845,
    "h": 276.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161745

secondary

#7C7B3A

accent

#D84DDB

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7ED

border

#C5C3C8

text

#040209

muted

#79787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #161745

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

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