Loans Receivable - Nonaccrual Loans (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Nonaccrual without ACL	$ 10,763	$ 30,826
Nonaccrual with ACL	12,991	27,266
Total Nonaccrual	23,754	58,092
Nonaccrual
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, Accrued Interest, Writeoff	(11)	(555)
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual, Interest Income	3,136	639
Commercial business
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Nonaccrual without ACL	10,763	30,156
Nonaccrual with ACL	12,344	26,630
Total Nonaccrual	23,107	56,786
Commercial business \| Nonaccrual
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, Accrued Interest, Writeoff	(10)	(541)
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual, Interest Income	3,013	590
Commercial business \| Commercial and industrial
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Nonaccrual without ACL	6,454	22,039
Nonaccrual with ACL	3,827	9,208
Total Nonaccrual	10,281	31,247
Commercial business \| Commercial and industrial \| Nonaccrual
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, Accrued Interest, Writeoff	(10)	(95)
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual, Interest Income	2,295	434
Commercial business \| Owner-occupied CRE
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Nonaccrual without ACL	3,036	4,693
Nonaccrual with ACL	5,138	13,700
Total Nonaccrual	8,174	18,393
Commercial business \| Owner-occupied CRE \| Nonaccrual
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, Accrued Interest, Writeoff	0	(238)
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual, Interest Income	117	89
Commercial business \| Owner-occupied CRE \| Special Mention
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Nonaccrual without ACL	0	572
Nonaccrual with ACL	571	450
Total Nonaccrual	571	1,022
Commercial business \| Non-owner occupied CRE
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Nonaccrual without ACL	1,273	3,424
Nonaccrual with ACL	3,379	3,722
Total Nonaccrual	4,652	7,146
Commercial business \| Non-owner occupied CRE \| Nonaccrual
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, Accrued Interest, Writeoff	0	(208)
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual, Interest Income	601	67
Residential real estate
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Nonaccrual without ACL	0	67
Nonaccrual with ACL	47	117
Total Nonaccrual	47	184
Residential real estate \| Nonaccrual
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, Accrued Interest, Writeoff	0	(2)
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual, Interest Income	0	2
Consumer
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Nonaccrual without ACL	0	31
Nonaccrual with ACL	29	69
Total Nonaccrual	29	100
Consumer \| Nonaccrual
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, Accrued Interest, Writeoff	(1)	(1)
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual, Interest Income	52	47
Real estate construction and land development \| Nonaccrual
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, Accrued Interest, Writeoff	0	(11)
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual, Interest Income	71	0
Real estate construction and land development \| Residential \| Nonaccrual
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, Accrued Interest, Writeoff	0	0
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual, Interest Income	71	0
Real estate construction and land development \| Commercial and multifamily \| Nonaccrual
Accounts, Notes, Loans and Financing Receivable [Line Items]
Financing Receivable, Accrued Interest, Writeoff	0	(11)
Financing Receivable, Nonaccrual, Interest Income	$ 0	$ 0

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