#161C3F#161C3F

#161C3F is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.2% C 0.067 H 273.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161C3F
RGB	rgb(22, 28, 63)
HSL	hsl(231, 48%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(231, 65%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 55.6%, 0%, 75.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.69, 9.94, -23.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.69, 25.33, 293.11°)
OKLab	oklab(24.24% 0.0036 -0.0665)
OKLCH	oklch(24.24% 0.067 273.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.6430, 1.3598, 4.8776)
Luminance	0.0136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161C3F #3F3916

analogous

#16313F #161C3F #25163F

triadic

#161C3F #3F161C #1C3F16

tetradic

#161C3F #3F1631 #3F3916 #163F25

square

#161C3F #3F1631 #3F3916 #163F25

split-complementary

#161C3F #3F2516 #313F16

monochromatic

#080A17 #080A17 #161C3F #26306C #36449A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.51

#161C3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.27

#161C3F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161C3F

16.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161C3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161C3F	1.00	16.51	1.27	16.51
#FFFFFF	16.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B2140

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#051D3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#01242A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161c3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 28, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.2% 0.067 273.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#585774',
    500: '#161c3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161c3f;
$custom-light: #585774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161c3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.22,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 16.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24244,
    "c": 0.06661,
    "h": 273.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161C3F

secondary

#766E3B

accent

#C450D8

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9E9ED

border

#C5C5C8

text

#030308

muted

#78787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #161C3F

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

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