#161C42#161C42

#161C42 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.5% C 0.072 H 273.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161C42
RGB	rgb(22, 28, 66)
HSL	hsl(232, 50%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(232, 67%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 57.6%, 0%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.92, 11.16, -25.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.92, 27.41, 294.03°)
OKLab	oklab(24.49% 0.004 -0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(24.49% 0.072 273.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.7292, 1.3943, 5.3312)
Luminance	0.0139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161C42 #423C16

analogous

#163242 #161C42 #261642

triadic

#161C42 #42161C #1C4216

tetradic

#161C42 #421632 #423C16 #164226

square

#161C42 #421632 #423C16 #164226

split-complementary

#161C42 #422616 #324216

monochromatic

#080A17 #080A17 #161C42 #252F70 #35439E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.42

#161C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.28

#161C42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161C42

16.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161C42	1.00	16.42	1.28	16.42
#FFFFFF	16.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#082143

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#021E41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00252B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 28, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.5% 0.072 273.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#585777',
    500: '#161c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161c42;
$custom-light: #585777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 231.818,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 17.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24494,
    "c": 0.07173,
    "h": 273.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161C42

secondary

#79713A

accent

#C74EDA

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9E9ED

border

#C5C5C8

text

#040308

muted

#79787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #161C42

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

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