#161A42#161A42

#161A42 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 24.0% C 0.075 H 275.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161A42
RGB	rgb(22, 26, 66)
HSL	hsl(235, 50%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(235, 67%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 60.6%, 0%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.29, 12.68, -26.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.29, 28.96, 295.97°)
OKLab	oklab(24.02% 0.0065 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(24.02% 0.075 275)
XYZ	xyz(1.6833, 1.3026, 5.3159)
Luminance	0.0130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161A42 #423E16

analogous

#163042 #161A42 #281642

triadic

#161A42 #42161A #1A4216

tetradic

#161A42 #421630 #423E16 #164228

square

#161A42 #421630 #423E16 #164228

split-complementary

#161A42 #422816 #304216

monochromatic

#080917 #080917 #161A42 #252C70 #353E9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.66

#161A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#161A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161A42

16.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161A42	1.00	16.66	1.26	16.66
#FFFFFF	16.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#032043

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001C41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00232B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 26, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.0% 0.075 275.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#585677',
    500: '#161a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161a42;
$custom-light: #585677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.545,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 17.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24023,
    "c": 0.0749,
    "h": 275
  },
  "luminance": 0.01303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161A42

secondary

#79743A

accent

#CD4EDA

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9E9ED

border

#C5C5C8

text

#040308

muted

#79787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #161A42

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

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