#161B50#161B50

#161B50 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 25.5% C 0.096 H 273.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161B50
RGB	rgb(22, 27, 80)
HSL	hsl(235, 57%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(235, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 66.3%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.82, 17.63, -33.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.82, 37.65, 297.92°)
OKLab	oklab(25.55% 0.0056 -0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(25.55% 0.096 273.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.1703, 1.5334, 7.7695)
Luminance	0.0153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161B50 #504B16

analogous

#163850 #161B50 #2E1650

triadic

#161B50 #50161B #1B5016

tetradic

#161B50 #501638 #504B16 #16502E

square

#161B50 #501638 #504B16 #16502E

split-complementary

#161B50 #502E16 #385016

monochromatic

#070818 #090B20 #161B50 #232B80 #303BB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.07

#161B50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.31

#161B50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161B50

16.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161B50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161B50	1.00	16.07	1.31	16.07
#FFFFFF	16.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002452

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001F4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002832

Achromatopsia (no color)

#212121

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161b50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 27, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.5% 0.096 273.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c5782',
    500: '#161b50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161b50;
$custom-light: #5c5782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161b50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.828,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25546,
    "c": 0.09603,
    "h": 273.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161B50

secondary

#87813A

accent

#D348E0

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#E9E9EF

border

#C5C5CA

text

#04030A

muted

#79787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #161B50

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

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