#161D42#161D42

#161D42 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 24.7% C 0.070 H 272.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161D42
RGB	rgb(22, 29, 66)
HSL	hsl(230, 50%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(230, 67%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 56.1%, 0%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.24, 10.40, -24.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.24, 26.63, 292.98°)
OKLab	oklab(24.74% 0.0028 -0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(24.74% 0.07 272.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.7533, 1.4425, 5.3392)
Luminance	0.0144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161D42 #423B16

analogous

#163342 #161D42 #251642

triadic

#161D42 #42161D #1D4216

tetradic

#161D42 #421633 #423B16 #164225

square

#161D42 #421633 #423B16 #164225

split-complementary

#161D42 #422516 #334216

monochromatic

#080A17 #080A17 #161D42 #253170 #35459E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.30

#161D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.29

#161D42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161D42

16.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161D42	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)

#0A2243

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#041E41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00252C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 29, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.7% 0.070 272.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#585877',
    500: '#161d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161d42;
$custom-light: #585877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.455,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 17.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24735,
    "c": 0.07015,
    "h": 272.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161D42

secondary

#796F3A

accent

#C34EDA

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9E9ED

border

#C5C5C8

text

#030308

muted

#78787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #161D42

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →