#161A48#161A48

#161A48 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.6% C 0.085 H 274.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161A48
RGB	rgb(22, 26, 72)
HSL	hsl(235, 53%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(235, 69%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 63.9%, 0%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.80, 15.12, -29.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.80, 33.07, 297.22°)
OKLab	oklab(24.57% 0.0067 -0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(24.57% 0.085 274.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.8696, 1.3771, 6.2969)
Luminance	0.0138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161A48 #484416

analogous

#163348 #161A48 #2B1648

triadic

#161A48 #48161A #1A4816

tetradic

#161A48 #481633 #484416 #16482B

square

#161A48 #481633 #484416 #16482B

split-complementary

#161A48 #482B16 #334816

monochromatic

#070817 #080919 #161A48 #242B77 #333CA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.47

#161A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.28

#161A48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161A48

16.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161A48	1.00	16.47	1.28	16.47
#FFFFFF	16.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00214A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001D47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00252E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 26, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.6% 0.085 274.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a567b',
    500: '#161a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161a48;
$custom-light: #5a567b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.2,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24567,
    "c": 0.08479,
    "h": 274.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161A48

secondary

#7F7A3A

accent

#D14BDD

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9E9EE

border

#C5C5C9

text

#040309

muted

#79787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #161A48

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

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