#16161A#16161A

#16161A is a very dark, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.008; OKLCH L 20.2% C 0.008 H 285.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 18.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16161A
RGB	rgb(22, 22, 26)
HSL	hsl(240, 8%, 9%)
HSV	hsv(240, 15%, 10%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.4%, 15.4%, 0%, 89.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(7.40, 1.06, -2.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(7.40, 2.99, 290.65°)
OKLab	oklab(20.2% 0.0021 -0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(20.2% 0.008 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(0.8042, 0.8190, 1.0928)
Luminance	0.0082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16161A #1A1A16

analogous

#16181A #16161A #18161A

triadic

#16161A #1A1616 #161A16

tetradic

#16161A #1A1618 #1A1A16 #161A18

square

#16161A #1A1618 #1A1A16 #161A18

split-complementary

#16161A #1A1816 #181A16

monochromatic

#0E0E11 #0E0E11 #16161A #32323B #4E4E5C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

18.04

#16161A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.16

#16161A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16161A

18.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16161A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16161A	1.00	18.04	1.16	18.04
#FFFFFF	18.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	18.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#15161A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#15161A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#151717

Achromatopsia (no color)

#161616

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16161a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 22, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(20.2% 0.008 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#525256',
    500: '#16161a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16161a;
$custom-light: #525256;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16161a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 8.333,
    "l": 9.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20197,
    "c": 0.00791,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.00819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16161A

secondary

#4A4A42

accent

#B176B1

background

#F4F4F5

surface

#E7E7E9

border

#C3C3C5

text

#020203

muted

#787878

Preview Lab

Preview with #16161A

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

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