#091816#091816

#091816 is a very dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 19.5% C 0.021 H 184.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#091816
RGB	rgb(9, 24, 22)
HSL	hsl(172, 45%, 6%)
HSV	hsv(172, 63%, 9%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 0%, 8.3%, 90.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(6.95, -6.02, -0.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(6.95, 6.05, 185.30°)
OKLab	oklab(19.48% -0.0211 -0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(19.48% 0.021 184.7)
XYZ	xyz(0.5841, 0.7692, 0.8766)
Luminance	0.0077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#091816 #18090B

analogous

#09180F #091816 #091318

triadic

#091816 #160918 #181609

tetradic

#091816 #0F0918 #18090B #131809

square

#091816 #0F0918 #18090B #131809

split-complementary

#091816 #180913 #180F09

monochromatic

#081614 #081614 #091816 #1A453F #2A7168

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.20

#091816 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.15

#091816 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #091816

18.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##091816	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##091816	1.00	18.20	1.15	18.20
#FFFFFF	18.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#171616

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#141516

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#041917

Achromatopsia (no color)

#151515

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #091816;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(9, 24, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(19.5% 0.021 184.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#4a5452',
    500: '#091816',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #091816;
$custom-light: #4a5452;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#091816",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 9,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 6.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.19477,
    "c": 0.02118,
    "h": 184.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.00769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#091816

secondary

#522B30

accent

#5364D5

background

#F4F4F4

surface

#E7E7E7

border

#C3C3C3

text

#010202

muted

#777878

Preview Lab

Preview with #091816

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

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