#161B44#161B44

#161B44 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.4% C 0.077 H 274.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161B44
RGB	rgb(22, 27, 68)
HSL	hsl(233, 51%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(233, 68%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 60.3%, 0%, 73.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.77, 12.74, -26.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.77, 29.56, 295.53°)
OKLab	oklab(24.43% 0.0054 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(24.43% 0.077 274)
XYZ	xyz(1.7659, 1.3717, 5.6394)
Luminance	0.0137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161B44 #443F16

analogous

#163244 #161B44 #281644

triadic

#161B44 #44161B #1B4416

tetradic

#161B44 #441632 #443F16 #164428

square

#161B44 #441632 #443F16 #164428

split-complementary

#161B44 #442816 #324416

monochromatic

#070917 #070917 #161B44 #252D72 #3440A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.48

#161B44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.27

#161B44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161B44

16.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161B44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161B44	1.00	16.48	1.27	16.48
#FFFFFF	16.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#032145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001D43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00252C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161b44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 27, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.4% 0.077 274.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#595778',
    500: '#161b44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161b44;
$custom-light: #595778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161b44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.478,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 17.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24431,
    "c": 0.07667,
    "h": 274
  },
  "luminance": 0.01372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161B44

secondary

#7B743A

accent

#CB4DDB

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9E9ED

border

#C5C5C8

text

#040309

muted

#79787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #161B44

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

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