#161C3E#161C3E

#161C3E is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 24.2% C 0.065 H 273.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161C3E
RGB	rgb(22, 28, 62)
HSL	hsl(231, 48%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(231, 65%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 54.8%, 0%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.61, 9.53, -22.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.61, 24.63, 292.77°)
OKLab	oklab(24.16% 0.0035 -0.0648)
OKLCH	oklch(24.16% 0.065 273.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.6153, 1.3488, 4.7317)
Luminance	0.0135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161C3E #3E3816

analogous

#16303E #161C3E #24163E

triadic

#161C3E #3E161C #1C3E16

tetradic

#161C3E #3E1630 #3E3816 #163E24

square

#161C3E #3E1630 #3E3816 #163E24

split-complementary

#161C3E #3E2416 #303E16

monochromatic

#080A17 #080A17 #161C3E #26306B #364598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.54

#161C3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.27

#161C3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161C3E

16.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161C3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161C3E	1.00	16.54	1.27	16.54
#FFFFFF	16.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C213F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#061D3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#02242A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161c3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 28, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.2% 0.065 273.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#575773',
    500: '#161c3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161c3e;
$custom-light: #575773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161c3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24163,
    "c": 0.06488,
    "h": 273.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161C3E

secondary

#756C3B

accent

#C351D7

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9E9ED

border

#C5C5C8

text

#030308

muted

#78787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #161C3E

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