#161C41#161C41

#161C41 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.4% C 0.070 H 273.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161C41
RGB	rgb(22, 28, 65)
HSL	hsl(232, 49%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(232, 66%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 56.9%, 0%, 74.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.84, 10.75, -24.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.84, 26.71, 293.74°)
OKLab	oklab(24.41% 0.0039 -0.0699)
OKLCH	oklch(24.41% 0.07 273.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.7000, 1.3826, 5.1773)
Luminance	0.0138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161C41 #413B16

analogous

#163241 #161C41 #261641

triadic

#161C41 #41161C #1C4116

tetradic

#161C41 #411632 #413B16 #164126

square

#161C41 #411632 #413B16 #164126

split-complementary

#161C41 #412616 #324116

monochromatic

#080A17 #080A17 #161C41 #25306F #35439C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.45

#161C41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.28

#161C41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161C41

16.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161C41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161C41	1.00	16.45	1.28	16.45
#FFFFFF	16.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#092142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#031D40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00242B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161c41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 28, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.4% 0.070 273.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#585776',
    500: '#161c41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161c41;
$custom-light: #585776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161c41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.628,
    "s": 49.425,
    "l": 17.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2441,
    "c": 0.07004,
    "h": 273.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161C41

secondary

#78703A

accent

#C64FD9

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9E9ED

border

#C5C5C8

text

#030308

muted

#78787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #161C41

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

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