#161B47#161B47

#161B47 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.7% C 0.082 H 273.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161B47
RGB	rgb(22, 27, 71)
HSL	hsl(234, 53%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(234, 69%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 62%, 0%, 72.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.02, 13.96, -28.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.02, 31.61, 296.21°)
OKLab	oklab(24.7% 0.0056 -0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(24.7% 0.082 273.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.8598, 1.4092, 6.1340)
Luminance	0.0141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161B47 #474216

analogous

#163347 #161B47 #291647

triadic

#161B47 #47161B #1B4716

tetradic

#161B47 #471633 #474216 #164729

square

#161B47 #471633 #474216 #164729

split-complementary

#161B47 #472916 #334716

monochromatic

#070917 #080918 #161B47 #242D76 #333FA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.38

#161B47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.28

#161B47 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161B47

16.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161B47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161B47	1.00	16.38	1.28	16.38
#FFFFFF	16.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001D46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00252D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161b47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 27, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.7% 0.082 273.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#59577b',
    500: '#161b47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161b47;
$custom-light: #59577b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161b47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.878,
    "s": 52.688,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24699,
    "c": 0.08163,
    "h": 273.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161B47

secondary

#7E783A

accent

#CD4CDC

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9E9EE

border

#C5C5C9

text

#040309

muted

#79787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #161B47

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

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