#161A46#161A46

#161A46 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.4% C 0.082 H 274.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161A46
RGB	rgb(22, 26, 70)
HSL	hsl(235, 52%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(235, 69%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 62.9%, 0%, 72.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.63, 14.31, -28.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.63, 31.71, 296.83°)
OKLab	oklab(24.38% 0.0067 -0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(24.38% 0.082 274.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.8054, 1.3514, 5.9589)
Luminance	0.0135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161A46 #464216

analogous

#163246 #161A46 #2A1646

triadic

#161A46 #46161A #1A4616

tetradic

#161A46 #461632 #464216 #16462A

square

#161A46 #461632 #464216 #16462A

split-complementary

#161A46 #462A16 #324616

monochromatic

#070917 #070917 #161A46 #252B75 #333DA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.53

#161A46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.27

#161A46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161A46

16.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161A46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161A46	1.00	16.53	1.27	16.53
#FFFFFF	16.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002147

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001D45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00242D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161a46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 26, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.4% 0.082 274.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#59567a',
    500: '#161a46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161a46;
$custom-light: #59567a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161a46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 18.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24382,
    "c": 0.08152,
    "h": 274.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161A46

secondary

#7D783A

accent

#D04CDC

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9E9ED

border

#C5C5C8

text

#040309

muted

#79787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #161A46

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

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