#161A3E#161A3E

#161A3E is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 23.7% C 0.068 H 275.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161A3E
RGB	rgb(22, 26, 62)
HSL	hsl(234, 48%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(234, 65%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 58.1%, 0%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.97, 11.07, -23.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.97, 26.19, 294.99°)
OKLab	oklab(23.68% 0.0061 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(23.68% 0.068 275.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.5695, 1.2571, 4.7164)
Luminance	0.0126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161A3E #3E3A16

analogous

#162E3E #161A3E #26163E

triadic

#161A3E #3E161A #1A3E16

tetradic

#161A3E #3E162E #3E3A16 #163E26

square

#161A3E #3E162E #3E3A16 #163E26

split-complementary

#161A3E #3E2616 #2E3E16

monochromatic

#080917 #080917 #161A3E #262D6B #364098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.78

#161A3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25

#161A3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161A3E

16.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161A3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161A3E	1.00	16.78	1.25	16.78
#FFFFFF	16.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#071F3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#031C3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#022229

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161a3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 26, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.7% 0.068 275.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#575673',
    500: '#161a3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161a3e;
$custom-light: #575673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161a3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23678,
    "c": 0.06812,
    "h": 275.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161A3E

secondary

#756F3B

accent

#CA51D7

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9E9ED

border

#C5C5C8

text

#030308

muted

#78787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #161A3E

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

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