#161C45#161C45

#161C45 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.8% C 0.077 H 273.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161C45
RGB	rgb(22, 28, 69)
HSL	hsl(232, 52%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(232, 68%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 59.4%, 0%, 72.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.16, 12.39, -26.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.16, 29.47, 294.86°)
OKLab	oklab(24.75% 0.0043 -0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(24.75% 0.077 273.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.8200, 1.4306, 5.8093)
Luminance	0.0143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161C45 #453F16

analogous

#163345 #161C45 #271645

triadic

#161C45 #45161C #1C4516

tetradic

#161C45 #451633 #453F16 #164527

square

#161C45 #451633 #453F16 #164527

split-complementary

#161C45 #452716 #334516

monochromatic

#070917 #070917 #161C45 #252F73 #3442A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.33

#161C45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.29

#161C45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161C45

16.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161C45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161C45	1.00	16.33	1.29	16.33
#FFFFFF	16.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#042246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001E44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00262D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161c45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 28, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.8% 0.077 273.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#595779',
    500: '#161c45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161c45;
$custom-light: #595779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161c45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.34,
    "s": 51.648,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24752,
    "c": 0.07678,
    "h": 273.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161C45

secondary

#7C743A

accent

#C94DDB

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9E9ED

border

#C5C5C8

text

#040309

muted

#79787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #161C45

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

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