#161B4E#161B4E

#161B4E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 25.4% C 0.093 H 273.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161B4E
RGB	rgb(22, 27, 78)
HSL	hsl(235, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(235, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 65.4%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.64, 16.82, -32.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.64, 36.32, 297.58°)
OKLab	oklab(25.35% 0.0057 -0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(25.35% 0.093 273.5)
XYZ	xyz(2.0975, 1.5043, 7.3861)
Luminance	0.0150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161B4E #4E4916

analogous

#16374E #161B4E #2D164E

triadic

#161B4E #4E161B #1B4E16

tetradic

#161B4E #4E1637 #4E4916 #164E2D

square

#161B4E #4E1637 #4E4916 #164E2D

split-complementary

#161B4E #4E2D16 #374E16

monochromatic

#070818 #090A1E #161B4E #232C7E #313CAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.14

#161B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.30

#161B4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161B4E

16.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161B4E	1.00	16.14	1.30	16.14
#FFFFFF	16.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001E4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002831

Achromatopsia (no color)

#212121

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 27, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.4% 0.093 273.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b5780',
    500: '#161b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161b4e;
$custom-light: #5b5780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.643,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25352,
    "c": 0.09288,
    "h": 273.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161B4E

secondary

#857F3A

accent

#D249DF

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9E9EE

border

#C5C5C9

text

#04030A

muted

#79787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #161B4E

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

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