#161C46#161C46

#161C46 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.8% C 0.078 H 273.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161C46
RGB	rgb(22, 28, 70)
HSL	hsl(233, 52%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(233, 69%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 60%, 0%, 72.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.24, 12.80, -27.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.24, 30.16, 295.11°)
OKLab	oklab(24.84% 0.0044 -0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(24.84% 0.078 273.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.8513, 1.4431, 5.9742)
Luminance	0.0144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161C46 #464016

analogous

#163446 #161C46 #281646

triadic

#161C46 #46161C #1C4616

tetradic

#161C46 #461634 #464016 #164628

square

#161C46 #461634 #464016 #164628

split-complementary

#161C46 #462816 #344616

monochromatic

#070917 #070917 #161C46 #252F75 #3341A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.30

#161C46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.29

#161C46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161C46

16.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161C46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161C46	1.00	16.30	1.29	16.30
#FFFFFF	16.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#032247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001E45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00262D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161c46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 28, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.8% 0.078 273.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#59577a',
    500: '#161c46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161c46;
$custom-light: #59577a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161c46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.5,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 18.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2484,
    "c": 0.07844,
    "h": 273.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161C46

secondary

#7D753A

accent

#CA4CDC

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9E9ED

border

#C5C5C8

text

#040309

muted

#79787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #161C46

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

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