#161A45#161A45

#161A45 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 24.3% C 0.080 H 274.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161A45
RGB	rgb(22, 26, 69)
HSL	hsl(235, 52%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(235, 68%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 62.3%, 0%, 72.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.54, 13.90, -27.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.54, 31.03, 296.63°)
OKLab	oklab(24.29% 0.0066 -0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(24.29% 0.08 274.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.7741, 1.3389, 5.7940)
Luminance	0.0134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161A45 #454116

analogous

#163145 #161A45 #2A1645

triadic

#161A45 #45161A #1A4516

tetradic

#161A45 #451631 #454116 #16452A

square

#161A45 #451631 #454116 #16452A

split-complementary

#161A45 #452A16 #314516

monochromatic

#070917 #070917 #161A45 #252B73 #343DA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.56

#161A45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.27

#161A45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161A45

16.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161A45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161A45	1.00	16.56	1.27	16.56
#FFFFFF	16.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001D44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00242C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161a45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 26, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.3% 0.080 274.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#595679',
    500: '#161a45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161a45;
$custom-light: #595679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161a45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.894,
    "s": 51.648,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24291,
    "c": 0.07989,
    "h": 274.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161A45

secondary

#7C773A

accent

#CF4DDB

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9E9ED

border

#C5C5C8

text

#040309

muted

#79787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #161A45

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

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