#161B49#161B49

#161B49 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.9% C 0.085 H 273.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161B49
RGB	rgb(22, 27, 73)
HSL	hsl(234, 54%, 19%)
HSV	hsv(234, 70%, 29%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 63%, 0%, 71.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.19, 14.78, -29.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.19, 32.97, 296.63°)
OKLab	oklab(24.88% 0.0056 -0.0847)
OKLCH	oklch(24.88% 0.085 273.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.9250, 1.4353, 6.4776)
Luminance	0.0143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161B49 #494416

analogous

#163449 #161B49 #2A1649

triadic

#161B49 #49161B #1B4916

tetradic

#161B49 #491634 #494416 #16492A

square

#161B49 #491634 #494416 #16492A

split-complementary

#161B49 #492A16 #344916

monochromatic

#070918 #080A1A #161B49 #242C78 #323EA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.32

#161B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.29

#161B49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161B49

16.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161B49	1.00	16.32	1.29	16.32
#FFFFFF	16.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00224B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001E48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00262E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 27, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.9% 0.085 273.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5a577c',
    500: '#161b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161b49;
$custom-light: #5a577c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.118,
    "s": 53.684,
    "l": 18.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24882,
    "c": 0.08489,
    "h": 273.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161B49

secondary

#807A3A

accent

#CF4BDD

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9E9EE

border

#C5C5C9

text

#040309

muted

#79787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #161B49

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

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