#161D50#161D50

#161D50 is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 26.0% C 0.093 H 272.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161D50
RGB	rgb(22, 29, 80)
HSL	hsl(233, 57%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(233, 73%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(72.5%, 63.7%, 0%, 68.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.40, 16.14, -32.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.40, 36.13, 296.54°)
OKLab	oklab(25.98% 0.0037 -0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(25.98% 0.093 272.3)
XYZ	xyz(2.2177, 1.6283, 7.7853)
Luminance	0.0163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Midnight Blue (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161D50 #504916

analogous

#163A50 #161D50 #2C1650

triadic

#161D50 #50161D #1D5016

tetradic

#161D50 #50163A #504916 #16502C

square

#161D50 #50163A #504916 #16502C

split-complementary

#161D50 #502C16 #3A5016

monochromatic

#070918 #090C20 #161D50 #232E80 #3040B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.84

#161D50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.33

#161D50 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161D50

15.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161D50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161D50	1.00	15.84	1.33	15.84
#FFFFFF	15.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00204F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002933

Achromatopsia (no color)

#222222

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161d50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 29, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.0% 0.093 272.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5c5882',
    500: '#161d50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161d50;
$custom-light: #5c5882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161d50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 232.759,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25977,
    "c": 0.09312,
    "h": 272.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161D50

secondary

#877E3A

accent

#CE48E0

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#E9E9EF

border

#C5C5CA

text

#04030A

muted

#79787C

Preview Lab

Preview with #161D50

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

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