#161B46#161B46

#161B46 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.6% C 0.080 H 274.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161B46
RGB	rgb(22, 27, 70)
HSL	hsl(234, 52%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(234, 69%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 61.4%, 0%, 72.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.93, 13.55, -27.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.93, 30.93, 295.99°)
OKLab	oklab(24.61% 0.0055 -0.0798)
OKLCH	oklch(24.61% 0.08 274)
XYZ	xyz(1.8279, 1.3965, 5.9664)
Luminance	0.0140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

#020035

ΔE00 6.04

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161B46 #464116

analogous

#163346 #161B46 #291646

triadic

#161B46 #46161B #1B4616

tetradic

#161B46 #461633 #464116 #164629

square

#161B46 #461633 #464116 #164629

split-complementary

#161B46 #462916 #334616

monochromatic

#070917 #070917 #161B46 #252D75 #333FA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.41

#161B46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.28

#161B46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161B46

16.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161B46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161B46	1.00	16.41	1.28	16.41
#FFFFFF	16.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#012247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001D45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00252D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161b46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 27, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.6% 0.080 274.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#59577a',
    500: '#161b46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161b46;
$custom-light: #59577a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161b46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.75,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 18.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24609,
    "c": 0.07998,
    "h": 274
  },
  "luminance": 0.01397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161B46

secondary

#7D763A

accent

#CD4CDC

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9E9ED

border

#C5C5C8

text

#040309

muted

#79787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #161B46

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

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