#161A50#161A50

#161A50 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 25.3% C 0.097 H 273.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161A50
RGB	rgb(22, 26, 80)
HSL	hsl(236, 57%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(236, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 67.5%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.53, 18.37, -33.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.53, 38.41, 298.57°)
OKLab	oklab(25.34% 0.0066 -0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(25.34% 0.097 273.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.1478, 1.4884, 7.7620)
Luminance	0.0149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 6.28

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161A50 #504C16

analogous

#163750 #161A50 #2F1650

triadic

#161A50 #50161A #1A5016

tetradic

#161A50 #501637 #504C16 #16502F

square

#161A50 #501637 #504C16 #16502F

split-complementary

#161A50 #502F16 #375016

monochromatic

#070818 #090A20 #161A50 #232A80 #3039B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.18

#161A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.30

#161A50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161A50

16.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161A50	1.00	16.18	1.30	16.18
#FFFFFF	16.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001E4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002832

Achromatopsia (no color)

#212121

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 26, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.3% 0.097 273.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c5682',
    500: '#161a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161a50;
$custom-light: #5c5682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.862,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25335,
    "c": 0.09745,
    "h": 273.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161A50

secondary

#87823A

accent

#D648E0

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#E9E9EF

border

#C5C5CA

text

#04030A

muted

#79787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #161A50

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

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