#161B45#161B45

#161B45 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.5% C 0.078 H 274.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161B45
RGB	rgb(22, 27, 69)
HSL	hsl(234, 52%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(234, 68%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 60.9%, 0%, 72.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.85, 13.14, -27.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.85, 30.25, 295.76°)
OKLab	oklab(24.52% 0.0055 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(24.52% 0.078 274)
XYZ	xyz(1.7966, 1.3840, 5.8015)
Luminance	0.0138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161B45 #454016

analogous

#163245 #161B45 #281645

triadic

#161B45 #45161B #1B4516

tetradic

#161B45 #451632 #454016 #164528

square

#161B45 #451632 #454016 #164528

split-complementary

#161B45 #452816 #324516

monochromatic

#070917 #070917 #161B45 #252D73 #343FA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.45

#161B45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.28

#161B45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161B45

16.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161B45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161B45	1.00	16.45	1.28	16.45
#FFFFFF	16.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#022146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001D44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00252C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161b45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 27, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.5% 0.078 274.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#595779',
    500: '#161b45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161b45;
$custom-light: #595779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161b45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.617,
    "s": 51.648,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2452,
    "c": 0.07833,
    "h": 274
  },
  "luminance": 0.01384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161B45

secondary

#7C753A

accent

#CC4DDB

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9E9ED

border

#C5C5C8

text

#040309

muted

#79787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #161B45

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

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