#161A2F#161A2F

#161A2F is a very dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 22.5% C 0.041 H 274.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161A2F
RGB	rgb(22, 26, 47)
HSL	hsl(230, 36%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(230, 53%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 44.7%, 0%, 81.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.91, 5.17, -14.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.91, 15.52, 289.44°)
OKLab	oklab(22.53% 0.0032 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(22.53% 0.041 274.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.2132, 1.1145, 2.8400)
Luminance	0.0112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161A2F #2F2B16

analogous

#16262F #161A2F #1E162F

triadic

#161A2F #2F161A #1A2F16

tetradic

#161A2F #2F1626 #2F2B16 #162F1E

square

#161A2F #2F1626 #2F2B16 #162F1E

split-complementary

#161A2F #2F1E16 #262F16

monochromatic

#0A0C15 #0A0C15 #161A2F #2A3159 #3D4882

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.17

#161A2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.22

#161A2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161A2F

17.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161A2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161A2F	1.00	17.17	1.22	17.17
#FFFFFF	17.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#121C30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#101A2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0D1E22

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1B1B1B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161a2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 26, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.5% 0.041 274.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#555667',
    500: '#161a2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161a2f;
$custom-light: #555667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161a2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.4,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 13.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22527,
    "c": 0.04131,
    "h": 274.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161A2F

secondary

#655E3C

accent

#BA5CCC

background

#F4F5F6

surface

#E8E8EB

border

#C4C4C6

text

#030306

muted

#78787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #161A2F

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

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