#161D3C#161D3C

#161D3C is a very dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.3% C 0.060 H 271.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161D3C
RGB	rgb(22, 29, 60)
HSL	hsl(229, 46%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(229, 63%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 51.7%, 0%, 76.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.79, 7.96, -21.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.79, 22.46, 290.76°)
OKLab	oklab(24.25% 0.0018 -0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(24.25% 0.06 271.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.5856, 1.3754, 4.4560)
Luminance	0.0138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161D3C #3C3516

analogous

#16303C #161D3C #22163C

triadic

#161D3C #3C161D #1D3C16

tetradic

#161D3C #3C1630 #3C3516 #163C22

square

#161D3C #3C1630 #3C3516 #163C22

split-complementary

#161D3C #3C2216 #303C16

monochromatic

#080B16 #080B16 #161D3C #263369 #374896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.47

#161D3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.28

#161D3C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161D3C

16.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161D3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161D3C	1.00	16.47	1.28	16.47
#FFFFFF	16.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F213D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B1E3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#032429

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161d3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 29, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.3% 0.060 271.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#575872',
    500: '#161d3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161d3c;
$custom-light: #575872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161d3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228.947,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 16.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24253,
    "c": 0.0598,
    "h": 271.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161D3C

secondary

#73693B

accent

#BE52D6

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9E9EC

border

#C5C5C7

text

#030308

muted

#78787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #161D3C

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

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