#161A4C#161A4C

#161A4C is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.9% C 0.091 H 274.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161A4C
RGB	rgb(22, 26, 76)
HSL	hsl(236, 55%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(236, 71%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.1%, 65.8%, 0%, 70.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.16, 16.75, -31.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.16, 35.75, 297.93°)
OKLab	oklab(24.95% 0.0067 -0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(24.95% 0.091 274.2)
XYZ	xyz(2.0043, 1.4310, 7.0067)
Luminance	0.0143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161A4C #4C4816

analogous

#16354C #161A4C #2D164C

triadic

#161A4C #4C161A #1A4C16

tetradic

#161A4C #4C1635 #4C4816 #164C2D

square

#161A4C #4C1635 #4C4816 #164C2D

split-complementary

#161A4C #4C2D16 #354C16

monochromatic

#070818 #080A1D #161A4C #242A7B #313AAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.33

#161A4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.29

#161A4C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161A4C

16.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161A4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161A4C	1.00	16.33	1.29	16.33
#FFFFFF	16.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00224E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001D4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002630

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161a4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 26, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.9% 0.091 274.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b567e',
    500: '#161a4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161a4c;
$custom-light: #5b567e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161a4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.556,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 19.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24945,
    "c": 0.09119,
    "h": 274.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161A4C

secondary

#847E3A

accent

#D349DE

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9E9EE

border

#C5C5C9

text

#04030A

muted

#79787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #161A4C

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

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