#161B3A#161B3A

#161B3A is a very dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 23.6% C 0.060 H 274.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161B3A
RGB	rgb(22, 27, 58)
HSL	hsl(232, 45%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(232, 62%, 23%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 53.4%, 0%, 77.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.99, 8.69, -20.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.99, 22.60, 292.62°)
OKLab	oklab(23.6% 0.0042 -0.0594)
OKLCH	oklch(23.6% 0.06 274.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.4863, 1.2598, 4.1670)
Luminance	0.0126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161B3A #3A3516

analogous

#162D3A #161B3A #23163A

triadic

#161B3A #3A161B #1B3A16

tetradic

#161B3A #3A162D #3A3516 #163A23

square

#161B3A #3A162D #3A3516 #163A23

split-complementary

#161B3A #3A2316 #2D3A16

monochromatic

#080A16 #080A16 #161B3A #273066 #384493

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.77

#161B3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25

#161B3A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161B3A

16.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161B3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161B3A	1.00	16.77	1.25	16.77
#FFFFFF	16.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D1F3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#091C39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#052227

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161b3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 27, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.6% 0.060 274.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#575770',
    500: '#161b3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161b3a;
$custom-light: #575770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161b3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.667,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 15.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23596,
    "c": 0.05953,
    "h": 274.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161B3A

secondary

#71693B

accent

#C353D5

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9E9EC

border

#C5C5C7

text

#030307

muted

#78787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #161B3A

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

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