#161C44#161C44

#161C44 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.7% C 0.075 H 273.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161C44
RGB	rgb(22, 28, 68)
HSL	hsl(232, 51%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(232, 68%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 58.8%, 0%, 73.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.08, 11.98, -26.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.08, 28.78, 294.59°)
OKLab	oklab(24.67% 0.0042 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(24.67% 0.075 273.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.7892, 1.4183, 5.6472)
Luminance	0.0142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161C44 #443E16

analogous

#163344 #161C44 #271644

triadic

#161C44 #44161C #1C4416

tetradic

#161C44 #441633 #443E16 #164427

square

#161C44 #441633 #443E16 #164427

split-complementary

#161C44 #442716 #334416

monochromatic

#070A17 #070A17 #161C44 #252F72 #3442A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.36

#161C44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.28

#161C44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161C44

16.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161C44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161C44	1.00	16.36	1.28	16.36
#FFFFFF	16.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#052245

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001E43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00252C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161c44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 28, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.7% 0.075 273.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#595778',
    500: '#161c44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161c44;
$custom-light: #595778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161c44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.174,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 17.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24665,
    "c": 0.07511,
    "h": 273.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161C44

secondary

#7B733A

accent

#C84DDB

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9E9ED

border

#C5C5C8

text

#040309

muted

#79787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #161C44

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

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