#161A3B#161A3B

#161A3B is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 23.4% C 0.063 H 275.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161A3B
RGB	rgb(22, 26, 59)
HSL	hsl(234, 46%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(234, 63%, 23%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 55.9%, 0%, 76.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.74, 9.86, -21.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.74, 24.09, 294.16°)
OKLab	oklab(23.43% 0.0058 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(23.43% 0.063 275.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.4894, 1.2250, 4.2948)
Luminance	0.0123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161A3B #3B3716

analogous

#162C3B #161A3B #24163B

triadic

#161A3B #3B161A #1A3B16

tetradic

#161A3B #3B162C #3B3716 #163B24

square

#161A3B #3B162C #3B3716 #163B24

split-complementary

#161A3B #3B2416 #2C3B16

monochromatic

#080A16 #080A16 #161A3B #272E68 #374194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.87

#161A3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.24

#161A3B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161A3B

16.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161A3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161A3B	1.00	16.87	1.24	16.87
#FFFFFF	16.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A1F3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#061B3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#052127

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161a3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 26, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.4% 0.063 275.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#575671',
    500: '#161a3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161a3b;
$custom-light: #575671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161a3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.514,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2343,
    "c": 0.06293,
    "h": 275.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161A3B

secondary

#726C3B

accent

#C752D5

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9E8EC

border

#C5C4C7

text

#030307

muted

#78787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #161A3B

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

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