#161A37#161A37

#161A37 is a very dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 23.1% C 0.056 H 275.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161A37
RGB	rgb(22, 26, 55)
HSL	hsl(233, 43%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(233, 60%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 52.7%, 0%, 78.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.45, 8.27, -19.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.45, 21.26, 292.88°)
OKLab	oklab(23.11% 0.0051 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(23.11% 0.056 275.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.3896, 1.1851, 3.7692)
Luminance	0.0118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161A37 #373316

analogous

#162B37 #161A37 #221637

triadic

#161A37 #37161A #1A3716

tetradic

#161A37 #37162B #373316 #163722

square

#161A37 #37162B #373316 #163722

split-complementary

#161A37 #372216 #2B3716

monochromatic

#090A16 #090A16 #161A37 #272F63 #39438E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.98

#161A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.24

#161A37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161A37

16.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161A37	1.00	16.98	1.24	16.98
#FFFFFF	16.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0E1E38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0A1B36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#082025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1C1C1C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 26, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.1% 0.056 275.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#56566e',
    500: '#161a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161a37;
$custom-light: #56566e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.727,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 15.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23112,
    "c": 0.05587,
    "h": 275.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161A37

secondary

#6E683B

accent

#C355D3

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9E8EB

border

#C5C4C6

text

#030307

muted

#78787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #161A37

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

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