#161A34#161A34

#161A34 is a very dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 22.9% C 0.050 H 275.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161A34
RGB	rgb(22, 26, 52)
HSL	hsl(232, 41%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(232, 58%, 20%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 50%, 0%, 79.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.24, 7.09, -17.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.24, 19.12, 291.76°)
OKLab	oklab(22.88% 0.0045 -0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(22.88% 0.05 275.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.3199, 1.1572, 3.4020)
Luminance	0.0116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161A34 #343016

analogous

#162934 #161A34 #211634

triadic

#161A34 #34161A #1A3416

tetradic

#161A34 #341629 #343016 #163421

square

#161A34 #341629 #343016 #163421

split-complementary

#161A34 #342116 #293416

monochromatic

#090B16 #090B16 #161A34 #28305F #3A458A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.05

#161A34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.23

#161A34 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161A34

17.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161A34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161A34	1.00	17.05	1.23	17.05
#FFFFFF	17.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#101D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D1B33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0A1F24

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1C1C1C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161a34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 26, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.9% 0.050 275.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#55566b',
    500: '#161a34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161a34;
$custom-light: #55566b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161a34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232,
    "s": 40.541,
    "l": 14.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22884,
    "c": 0.05048,
    "h": 275.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161A34

secondary

#6A643B

accent

#C057D0

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9E8EB

border

#C5C4C6

text

#030306

muted

#78787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #161A34

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

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