#161C47#161C47

#161C47 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 24.9% C 0.080 H 273.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161C47
RGB	rgb(22, 28, 71)
HSL	hsl(233, 53%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(233, 69%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 60.6%, 0%, 72.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.32, 13.20, -27.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.32, 30.84, 295.35°)
OKLab	oklab(24.93% 0.0044 -0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(24.93% 0.08 273.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.8831, 1.4559, 6.1418)
Luminance	0.0146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161C47 #474116

analogous

#163447 #161C47 #281647

triadic

#161C47 #47161C #1C4716

tetradic

#161C47 #471634 #474116 #164728

square

#161C47 #471634 #474116 #164728

split-complementary

#161C47 #472816 #344716

monochromatic

#070917 #080A18 #161C47 #242E76 #3341A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.26

#161C47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.29

#161C47 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161C47

16.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161C47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161C47	1.00	16.26	1.29	16.26
#FFFFFF	16.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#022248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001E46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00262E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161c47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 28, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.9% 0.080 273.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#59577b',
    500: '#161c47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161c47;
$custom-light: #59577b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161c47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.653,
    "s": 52.688,
    "l": 18.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24928,
    "c": 0.08009,
    "h": 273.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161C47

secondary

#7E763A

accent

#CA4CDC

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9E9ED

border

#C5C5C8

text

#040309

muted

#79787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #161C47

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

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