#161A3C#161A3C

#161A3C is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 23.5% C 0.065 H 275.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161A3C
RGB	rgb(22, 26, 60)
HSL	hsl(234, 46%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(234, 63%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 56.7%, 0%, 76.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.82, 10.26, -22.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.82, 24.79, 294.45°)
OKLab	oklab(23.51% 0.0059 -0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(23.51% 0.065 275.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.5156, 1.2355, 4.4327)
Luminance	0.0124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161A3C #3C3816

analogous

#162D3C #161A3C #25163C

triadic

#161A3C #3C161A #1A3C16

tetradic

#161A3C #3C162D #3C3816 #163C25

square

#161A3C #3C162D #3C3816 #163C25

split-complementary

#161A3C #3C2516 #2D3C16

monochromatic

#080A16 #080A16 #161A3C #262D69 #374196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.84

#161A3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25

#161A3C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161A3C

16.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161A3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161A3C	1.00	16.84	1.25	16.84
#FFFFFF	16.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#091F3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#051C3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#042228

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161a3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 26, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.5% 0.065 275.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#575672',
    500: '#161a3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161a3c;
$custom-light: #575672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161a3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.684,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 16.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23512,
    "c": 0.06467,
    "h": 275.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161A3C

secondary

#736D3B

accent

#C852D6

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9E8EC

border

#C5C4C7

text

#030308

muted

#78787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #161A3C

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

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