#161A40#161A40

#161A40 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 23.8% C 0.072 H 275.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161A40
RGB	rgb(22, 26, 64)
HSL	hsl(234, 49%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(234, 66%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 59.4%, 0%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.13, 11.88, -24.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.13, 27.58, 295.50°)
OKLab	oklab(23.85% 0.0063 -0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(23.85% 0.072 275.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.6254, 1.2794, 5.0108)
Luminance	0.0128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161A40 #403C16

analogous

#162F40 #161A40 #271640

triadic

#161A40 #40161A #1A4016

tetradic

#161A40 #40162F #403C16 #164027

square

#161A40 #40162F #403C16 #164027

split-complementary

#161A40 #402716 #2F4016

monochromatic

#080917 #080917 #161A40 #262D6E #353F9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.72

#161A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#161A40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161A40

16.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161A40	1.00	16.72	1.26	16.72
#FFFFFF	16.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#052041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001C3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00232A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 26, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.8% 0.072 275.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#585675',
    500: '#161a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161a40;
$custom-light: #585675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.286,
    "s": 48.837,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23849,
    "c": 0.07153,
    "h": 275.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161A40

secondary

#77723B

accent

#CB4FD8

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9E9ED

border

#C5C5C8

text

#030308

muted

#78787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #161A40

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

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