#161A4E#161A4E

#161A4E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 25.1% C 0.094 H 274.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161A4E
RGB	rgb(22, 26, 78)
HSL	hsl(236, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(236, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 66.7%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.35, 17.56, -32.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.35, 37.09, 298.26°)
OKLab	oklab(25.14% 0.0067 -0.0941)
OKLCH	oklch(25.14% 0.094 274)
XYZ	xyz(2.0750, 1.4592, 7.3786)
Luminance	0.0146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161A4E #4E4A16

analogous

#16364E #161A4E #2E164E

triadic

#161A4E #4E161A #1A4E16

tetradic

#161A4E #4E1636 #4E4A16 #164E2E

square

#161A4E #4E1636 #4E4A16 #164E2E

split-complementary

#161A4E #4E2E16 #364E16

monochromatic

#070818 #090A1E #161A4E #232A7E #313AAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.26

#161A4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.29

#161A4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161A4E

16.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161A4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161A4E	1.00	16.26	1.29	16.26
#FFFFFF	16.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001E4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002731

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161a4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 26, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.1% 0.094 274.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b5680',
    500: '#161a4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161a4e;
$custom-light: #5b5680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161a4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.714,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25139,
    "c": 0.09434,
    "h": 274
  },
  "luminance": 0.01459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161A4E

secondary

#85803A

accent

#D549DF

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9E9EE

border

#C5C5C9

text

#04030A

muted

#79787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #161A4E

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

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