#161C40#161C40

#161C40 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.3% C 0.068 H 273.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161C40
RGB	rgb(22, 28, 64)
HSL	hsl(231, 49%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(231, 66%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 56.2%, 0%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.76, 10.34, -23.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.76, 26.02, 293.43°)
OKLab	oklab(24.33% 0.0038 -0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(24.33% 0.068 273.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.6712, 1.3711, 5.0261)
Luminance	0.0137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161C40 #403A16

analogous

#163140 #161C40 #251640

triadic

#161C40 #40161C #1C4016

tetradic

#161C40 #401631 #403A16 #164025

square

#161C40 #401631 #403A16 #164025

split-complementary

#161C40 #402516 #314016

monochromatic

#080A17 #080A17 #161C40 #26306E #35449B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.48

#161C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.27

#161C40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161C40

16.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161C40	1.00	16.48	1.27	16.48
#FFFFFF	16.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A2141

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#041D3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00242A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 28, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.3% 0.068 273.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#585775',
    500: '#161c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161c40;
$custom-light: #585775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.429,
    "s": 48.837,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24327,
    "c": 0.06832,
    "h": 273.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161C40

secondary

#776F3B

accent

#C54FD8

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9E9ED

border

#C5C5C8

text

#030308

muted

#78787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #161C40

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

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