#161B40#161B40

#161B40 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 24.1% C 0.070 H 274.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161B40
RGB	rgb(22, 27, 64)
HSL	hsl(233, 49%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(233, 66%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 57.8%, 0%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.45, 11.11, -24.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.45, 26.80, 294.49°)
OKLab	oklab(24.09% 0.0051 -0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(24.09% 0.07 274.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.6479, 1.3245, 5.0183)
Luminance	0.0132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161B40 #403B16

analogous

#163040 #161B40 #261640

triadic

#161B40 #40161B #1B4016

tetradic

#161B40 #401630 #403B16 #164026

square

#161B40 #401630 #403B16 #164026

split-complementary

#161B40 #402616 #304016

monochromatic

#080A17 #080A17 #161B40 #262E6E #35419B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.60

#161B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#161B40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161B40

16.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161B40	1.00	16.60	1.26	16.60
#FFFFFF	16.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#072041

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#021D3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00232A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 27, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.1% 0.070 274.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#585775',
    500: '#161b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161b40;
$custom-light: #585775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.857,
    "s": 48.837,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24086,
    "c": 0.06992,
    "h": 274.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161B40

secondary

#77703B

accent

#C84FD8

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9E9ED

border

#C5C5C8

text

#030308

muted

#78787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #161B40

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

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