#161A47#161A47

#161A47 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.5% C 0.083 H 274.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161A47
RGB	rgb(22, 26, 71)
HSL	hsl(235, 53%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(235, 69%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 63.4%, 0%, 72.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.72, 14.72, -28.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.72, 32.39, 297.03°)
OKLab	oklab(24.47% 0.0067 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(24.47% 0.083 274.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.8372, 1.3641, 6.1265)
Luminance	0.0136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161A47 #474316

analogous

#163247 #161A47 #2A1647

triadic

#161A47 #47161A #1A4716

tetradic

#161A47 #471632 #474316 #16472A

square

#161A47 #471632 #474316 #16472A

split-complementary

#161A47 #472A16 #324716

monochromatic

#070917 #080918 #161A47 #242B76 #333CA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.50

#161A47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.27

#161A47 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161A47

16.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161A47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161A47	1.00	16.50	1.27	16.50
#FFFFFF	16.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001D46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00252D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161a47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 26, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.5% 0.083 274.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a567b',
    500: '#161a47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161a47;
$custom-light: #5a567b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161a47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.102,
    "s": 52.688,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24474,
    "c": 0.08316,
    "h": 274.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161A47

secondary

#7E793A

accent

#D04CDC

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9E9EE

border

#C5C5C9

text

#040309

muted

#79787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #161A47

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

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