#161C43#161C43

#161C43 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.6% C 0.073 H 273.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161C43
RGB	rgb(22, 28, 67)
HSL	hsl(232, 51%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(232, 67%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 58.2%, 0%, 73.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.00, 11.57, -25.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.00, 28.10, 294.31°)
OKLab	oklab(24.58% 0.0041 -0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(24.58% 0.073 273.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.7589, 1.4062, 5.4878)
Luminance	0.0141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161C43 #433D16

analogous

#163343 #161C43 #271643

triadic

#161C43 #43161C #1C4316

tetradic

#161C43 #431633 #433D16 #164327

square

#161C43 #431633 #433D16 #164327

split-complementary

#161C43 #432716 #334316

monochromatic

#080A17 #080A17 #161C43 #252F71 #34439F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.39

#161C43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.28

#161C43 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161C43

16.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161C43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161C43	1.00	16.39	1.28	16.39
#FFFFFF	16.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#062244

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001E42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00252C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161c43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 28, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.6% 0.073 273.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#585777',
    500: '#161c43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161c43;
$custom-light: #585777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161c43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232,
    "s": 50.562,
    "l": 17.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24579,
    "c": 0.07343,
    "h": 273.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161C43

secondary

#7A723A

accent

#C74EDA

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9E9ED

border

#C5C5C8

text

#040309

muted

#79787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #161C43

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

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