#161A4D#161A4D

#161A4D is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 25.0% C 0.093 H 274.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161A4D
RGB	rgb(22, 26, 77)
HSL	hsl(236, 56%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(236, 71%, 30%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.4%, 66.2%, 0%, 69.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.25, 17.15, -32.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.25, 36.42, 298.10°)
OKLab	oklab(25.04% 0.0067 -0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(25.04% 0.093 274.1)
XYZ	xyz(2.0394, 1.4450, 7.1912)
Luminance	0.0144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161A4D #4D4916

analogous

#16364D #161A4D #2E164D

triadic

#161A4D #4D161A #1A4D16

tetradic

#161A4D #4D1636 #4D4916 #164D2E

square

#161A4D #4D1636 #4D4916 #164D2E

split-complementary

#161A4D #4D2E16 #364D16

monochromatic

#070818 #080A1D #161A4D #242A7D #313AAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.29

#161A4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.29

#161A4D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161A4D

16.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161A4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161A4D	1.00	16.29	1.29	16.29
#FFFFFF	16.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00234F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001E4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002730

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161a4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 26, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.0% 0.093 274.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b567f',
    500: '#161a4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161a4d;
$custom-light: #5b567f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161a4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.636,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 19.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25041,
    "c": 0.09277,
    "h": 274.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161A4D

secondary

#857F3A

accent

#D449DF

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9E9EE

border

#C5C5C9

text

#04030A

muted

#79787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #161A4D

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

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