#161C38#161C38

#161C38 is a very dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 23.7% C 0.054 H 272.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161C38
RGB	rgb(22, 28, 56)
HSL	hsl(229, 44%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(229, 61%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 50%, 0%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.18, 7.12, -19.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.18, 20.41, 290.43°)
OKLab	oklab(23.7% 0.0024 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(23.7% 0.054 272.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.4597, 1.2865, 3.9120)
Luminance	0.0129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161C38 #383216

analogous

#162D38 #161C38 #211638

triadic

#161C38 #38161C #1C3816

tetradic

#161C38 #38162D #383216 #163821

square

#161C38 #38162D #383216 #163821

split-complementary

#161C38 #382116 #2D3816

monochromatic

#090B16 #090B16 #161C38 #273264 #394890

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.70

#161C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#161C38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161C38

16.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161C38	1.00	16.70	1.26	16.70
#FFFFFF	16.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#101F39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D1C37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#072227

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 28, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.7% 0.054 272.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#56576f',
    500: '#161c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161c38;
$custom-light: #56576f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.412,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 15.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23695,
    "c": 0.05435,
    "h": 272.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161C38

secondary

#6F663B

accent

#BD54D3

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9E9EC

border

#C5C5C7

text

#030307

muted

#78787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #161C38

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

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