#161949#161949

#161949 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 24.4% C 0.088 H 275.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161949
RGB	rgb(22, 25, 73)
HSL	hsl(236, 54%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(236, 70%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 65.8%, 0%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.60, 16.28, -30.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.60, 34.51, 298.14°)
OKLab	oklab(24.44% 0.0078 -0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(24.44% 0.088 275.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.8807, 1.3467, 6.4629)
Luminance	0.0135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161949 #494616

analogous

#163249 #161949 #2C1649

triadic

#161949 #491619 #194916

tetradic

#161949 #491632 #494616 #16492C

square

#161949 #491632 #494616 #16492C

split-complementary

#161949 #492C16 #324916

monochromatic

#070818 #08091A #161949 #242978 #3239A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.54

#161949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.27

#161949 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161949

16.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161949	1.00	16.54	1.27	16.54
#FFFFFF	16.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00214B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001C48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00252E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 25, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.4% 0.088 275.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a557c',
    500: '#161949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161949;
$custom-light: #5a557c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 236.471,
    "s": 53.684,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24442,
    "c": 0.0879,
    "h": 275.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161949

secondary

#807C3A

accent

#D44BDD

background

#F5F4F7

surface

#E9E8EE

border

#C5C4C9

text

#040309

muted

#79787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #161949

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

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