#161D44#161D44

#161D44 is a very dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 24.9% C 0.074 H 272.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161D44
RGB	rgb(22, 29, 68)
HSL	hsl(231, 51%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(231, 68%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 57.4%, 0%, 73.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.39, 11.22, -25.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.39, 28.01, 293.61°)
OKLab	oklab(24.9% 0.003 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(24.9% 0.074 272.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.8133, 1.4665, 5.6552)
Luminance	0.0147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161D44 #443D16

analogous

#163444 #161D44 #261644

triadic

#161D44 #44161D #1D4416

tetradic

#161D44 #441634 #443D16 #164426

square

#161D44 #441634 #443D16 #164426

split-complementary

#161D44 #442616 #344416

monochromatic

#070A17 #070A17 #161D44 #253172 #3444A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.24

#161D44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.29

#161D44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161D44

16.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161D44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161D44	1.00	16.24	1.29	16.24
#FFFFFF	16.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#082245

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#011E43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00262D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161d44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 29, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.9% 0.074 272.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#595878',
    500: '#161d44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161d44;
$custom-light: #595878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161d44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230.87,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 17.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24903,
    "c": 0.07354,
    "h": 272.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161D44

secondary

#7B723A

accent

#C54DDB

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9E9ED

border

#C5C5C8

text

#040309

muted

#79787B

Preview Lab

Preview with #161D44

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

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