#161845#161845

#161845 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 23.8% C 0.083 H 276.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161845
RGB	rgb(22, 24, 69)
HSL	hsl(237, 52%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(237, 68%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 65.2%, 0%, 72.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.95, 15.41, -28.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.95, 32.58, 298.23°)
OKLab	oklab(23.85% 0.0089 -0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(23.85% 0.083 276.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.7313, 1.2534, 5.7798)
Luminance	0.0125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161845 #454316

analogous

#162F45 #161845 #2B1645

triadic

#161845 #451618 #184516

tetradic

#161845 #45162F #454316 #16452B

square

#161845 #45162F #454316 #16452B

split-complementary

#161845 #452B16 #2F4516

monochromatic

#070817 #070817 #161845 #252873 #3438A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.79

#161845 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25

#161845 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161845

16.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161845	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161845	1.00	16.79	1.25	16.79
#FFFFFF	16.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#001F47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001B44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00232B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161845;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 24, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.8% 0.083 276.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#595479',
    500: '#161845',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161845;
$custom-light: #595479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161845",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 237.447,
    "s": 51.648,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23845,
    "c": 0.08297,
    "h": 276.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161845

secondary

#7C7A3A

accent

#D54DDB

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E7ED

border

#C5C3C8

text

#040209

muted

#79787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #161845

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

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