#161B42#161B42

#161B42 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 24.3% C 0.073 H 274.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161B42
RGB	rgb(22, 27, 66)
HSL	hsl(233, 50%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(233, 67%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 59.1%, 0%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.61, 11.92, -25.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.61, 28.18, 295.03°)
OKLab	oklab(24.26% 0.0053 -0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(24.26% 0.073 274.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.7059, 1.3477, 5.3234)
Luminance	0.0135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161B42 #423D16

analogous

#163142 #161B42 #271642

triadic

#161B42 #42161B #1B4216

tetradic

#161B42 #421631 #423D16 #164227

square

#161B42 #421631 #423D16 #164227

split-complementary

#161B42 #422716 #314216

monochromatic

#080917 #080917 #161B42 #252E70 #35419E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.54

#161B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.27

#161B42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161B42

16.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161B42	1.00	16.54	1.27	16.54
#FFFFFF	16.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#052143

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001D41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00242B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 27, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.3% 0.073 274.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#585777',
    500: '#161b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161b42;
$custom-light: #585777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.182,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 17.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24257,
    "c": 0.07332,
    "h": 274.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161B42

secondary

#79723A

accent

#CA4EDA

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9E9ED

border

#C5C5C8

text

#040308

muted

#79787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #161B42

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

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