#161C30#161C30

#161C30 is a very dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 23.1% C 0.040 H 270.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161C30
RGB	rgb(22, 28, 48)
HSL	hsl(226, 37%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(226, 54%, 19%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.2%, 41.7%, 0%, 81.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.66, 4.02, -14.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.66, 14.74, 285.81°)
OKLab	oklab(23.13% 0.0003 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(23.13% 0.04 270.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.2795, 1.2144, 2.9627)
Luminance	0.0121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161C30 #302A16

analogous

#162930 #161C30 #1D1630

triadic

#161C30 #30161C #1C3016

tetradic

#161C30 #301629 #302A16 #16301D

square

#161C30 #301629 #302A16 #16301D

split-complementary

#161C30 #301D16 #293016

monochromatic

#0A0C15 #0A0C15 #161C30 #29345A #3C4D84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.90

#161C30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.24

#161C30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161C30

16.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161C30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161C30	1.00	16.90	1.24	16.90
#FFFFFF	16.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#151E31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#121C30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0D2023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161c30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 28, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.1% 0.040 270.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#555768',
    500: '#161c30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161c30;
$custom-light: #555768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161c30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.154,
    "s": 37.143,
    "l": 13.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23127,
    "c": 0.03986,
    "h": 270.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161C30

secondary

#665C3C

accent

#B35BCD

background

#F4F5F6

surface

#E8E9EB

border

#C4C5C6

text

#030306

muted

#78787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #161C30

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

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