#161B48#161B48

#161B48 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.8% C 0.083 H 273.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161B48
RGB	rgb(22, 27, 72)
HSL	hsl(234, 53%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(234, 69%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 62.5%, 0%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.10, 14.37, -28.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.10, 32.29, 296.42°)
OKLab	oklab(24.79% 0.0056 -0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(24.79% 0.083 273.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.8921, 1.4222, 6.3044)
Luminance	0.0142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161B48 #484316

analogous

#163448 #161B48 #2A1648

triadic

#161B48 #48161B #1B4816

tetradic

#161B48 #481634 #484316 #16482A

square

#161B48 #481634 #484316 #16482A

split-complementary

#161B48 #482A16 #344816

monochromatic

#070917 #080919 #161B48 #242D77 #333EA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.35

#161B48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.28

#161B48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161B48

16.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161B48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161B48	1.00	16.35	1.28	16.35
#FFFFFF	16.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00224A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001E47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00262E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161b48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 27, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.8% 0.083 273.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a577b',
    500: '#161b48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161b48;
$custom-light: #5a577b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161b48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2479,
    "c": 0.08326,
    "h": 273.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161B48

secondary

#7F793A

accent

#CE4BDD

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9E9EE

border

#C5C5C9

text

#040309

muted

#79787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #161B48

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

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