#161A28#161A28

#161A28 is a very dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 22.1% C 0.028 H 271.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161A28
RGB	rgb(22, 26, 40)
HSL	hsl(227, 29%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(227, 45%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 35%, 0%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.50, 2.60, -10.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.50, 10.46, 284.38°)
OKLab	oklab(22.08% 0.0008 -0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(22.08% 0.028 271.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.0832, 1.0625, 2.1551)
Luminance	0.0106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161A28 #282416

analogous

#162328 #161A28 #1B1628

triadic

#161A28 #28161A #1A2816

tetradic

#161A28 #281623 #282416 #16281B

square

#161A28 #281623 #282416 #16281B

split-complementary

#161A28 #281B16 #232816

monochromatic

#0B0D14 #0B0D14 #161A28 #2C344F #414D77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.32

#161A28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.21

#161A28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161A28

17.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161A28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161A28	1.00	17.32	1.21	17.32
#FFFFFF	17.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#151B29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#141A28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#111D1F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1A1A1A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 26, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.1% 0.028 271.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#545662',
    500: '#161a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161a28;
$custom-light: #545662;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.667,
    "s": 29.032,
    "l": 12.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22076,
    "c": 0.02817,
    "h": 271.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161A28

secondary

#5D563D

accent

#AF62C5

background

#F4F5F5

surface

#E7E8EA

border

#C3C4C6

text

#020305

muted

#787879

Preview Lab

Preview with #161A28

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

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