#161A44#161A44

#161A44 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 24.2% C 0.078 H 274.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161A44
RGB	rgb(22, 26, 68)
HSL	hsl(235, 51%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(235, 68%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 61.8%, 0%, 73.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.46, 13.50, -27.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.46, 30.34, 296.41°)
OKLab	oklab(24.2% 0.0066 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(24.2% 0.078 274.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.7433, 1.3266, 5.6319)
Luminance	0.0133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161A44 #444016

analogous

#163144 #161A44 #291644

triadic

#161A44 #44161A #1A4416

tetradic

#161A44 #441631 #444016 #164429

square

#161A44 #441631 #444016 #164429

split-complementary

#161A44 #442916 #314416

monochromatic

#070917 #070917 #161A44 #252C72 #343DA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.60

#161A44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.27

#161A44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161A44

16.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161A44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161A44	1.00	16.60	1.27	16.60
#FFFFFF	16.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#012045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001C43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00242C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161a44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 26, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.2% 0.078 274.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#595678',
    500: '#161a44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161a44;
$custom-light: #595678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161a44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.783,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 17.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24201,
    "c": 0.07823,
    "h": 274.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161A44

secondary

#7B763A

accent

#CE4DDB

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9E9ED

border

#C5C5C8

text

#040309

muted

#79787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #161A44

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

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