#161C4E#161C4E

#161C4E is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 25.6% C 0.091 H 272.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161C4E
RGB	rgb(22, 28, 78)
HSL	hsl(234, 56%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(234, 72%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 64.1%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.93, 16.07, -31.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.93, 35.56, 296.87°)
OKLab	oklab(25.57% 0.0047 -0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(25.57% 0.091 272.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.1208, 1.5510, 7.3938)
Luminance	0.0155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161C4E #4E4816

analogous

#16384E #161C4E #2C164E

triadic

#161C4E #4E161C #1C4E16

tetradic

#161C4E #4E1638 #4E4816 #164E2C

square

#161C4E #4E1638 #4E4816 #164E2C

split-complementary

#161C4E #4E2C16 #384E16

monochromatic

#070918 #090B1E #161C4E #232D7E #313EAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.03

#161C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.31

#161C4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161C4E

16.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161C4E	1.00	16.03	1.31	16.03
#FFFFFF	16.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#001F4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002831

Achromatopsia (no color)

#212121

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 28, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.6% 0.091 272.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5b5880',
    500: '#161c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161c4e;
$custom-light: #5b5880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.571,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 19.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2557,
    "c": 0.09142,
    "h": 272.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161C4E

secondary

#857D3A

accent

#CF49DF

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9E9EE

border

#C5C5C9

text

#04030A

muted

#79787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #161C4E

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

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