#161A4F#161A4F

#161A4F is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 25.2% C 0.096 H 274.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161A4F
RGB	rgb(22, 26, 79)
HSL	hsl(236, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(236, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.2%, 67.1%, 0%, 69%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.44, 17.96, -33.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.44, 37.75, 298.42°)
OKLab	oklab(25.24% 0.0066 -0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(25.24% 0.096 274)
XYZ	xyz(2.1111, 1.4737, 7.5688)
Luminance	0.0147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161A4F #4F4B16

analogous

#16374F #161A4F #2E164F

triadic

#161A4F #4F161A #1A4F16

tetradic

#161A4F #4F1637 #4F4B16 #164F2E

square

#161A4F #4F1637 #4F4B16 #164F2E

split-complementary

#161A4F #4F2E16 #374F16

monochromatic

#070818 #090A1F #161A4F #232A7F #313AAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.22

#161A4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.29

#161A4F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161A4F

16.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161A4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161A4F	1.00	16.22	1.29	16.22
#FFFFFF	16.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002351

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001E4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002731

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161a4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 26, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.2% 0.096 274.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c5681',
    500: '#161a4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161a4f;
$custom-light: #5c5681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161a4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.789,
    "s": 56.436,
    "l": 19.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25237,
    "c": 0.0959,
    "h": 274
  },
  "luminance": 0.01474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161A4F

secondary

#86813A

accent

#D548E0

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9E9EE

border

#C5C5C9

text

#04030A

muted

#79787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #161A4F

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

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