#161A38#161A38

#161A38 is a very dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 23.2% C 0.058 H 275.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161A38
RGB	rgb(22, 26, 56)
HSL	hsl(233, 44%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(233, 61%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 53.6%, 0%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.52, 8.66, -20.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.52, 21.97, 293.23°)
OKLab	oklab(23.19% 0.0053 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(23.19% 0.058 275.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.4139, 1.1948, 3.8967)
Luminance	0.0120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161A38 #383416

analogous

#162B38 #161A38 #231638

triadic

#161A38 #38161A #1A3816

tetradic

#161A38 #38162B #383416 #163823

square

#161A38 #38162B #383416 #163823

split-complementary

#161A38 #382316 #2B3816

monochromatic

#090A16 #090A16 #161A38 #272E64 #394390

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.95

#161A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.24

#161A38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161A38

16.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161A38	1.00	16.95	1.24	16.95
#FFFFFF	16.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D1E39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#091B37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#072026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 26, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.2% 0.058 275.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#56566f',
    500: '#161a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161a38;
$custom-light: #56566f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.941,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 15.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2319,
    "c": 0.05765,
    "h": 275.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161A38

secondary

#6F693B

accent

#C454D3

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9E8EC

border

#C5C4C7

text

#030307

muted

#78787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #161A38

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

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