#16162A#16162A

#16162A is a very dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.1% C 0.039 H 282.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16162A
RGB	rgb(22, 22, 42)
HSL	hsl(240, 31%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(240, 48%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 47.6%, 0%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.23, 6.40, -13.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.23, 15.03, 295.21°)
OKLab	oklab(21.13% 0.0085 -0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(21.13% 0.039 282.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.0356, 0.9115, 2.3114)
Luminance	0.0091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16162A #2A2A16

analogous

#16202A #16162A #20162A

triadic

#16162A #2A1616 #162A16

tetradic

#16162A #2A1620 #2A2A16 #162A20

square

#16162A #2A1620 #2A2A16 #162A20

split-complementary

#16162A #2A2016 #202A16

monochromatic

#0B0B14 #0B0B14 #16162A #2B2B52 #40407A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.76

#16162A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.18

#16162A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16162A

17.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16162A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16162A	1.00	17.76	1.18	17.76
#FFFFFF	17.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F192B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0E172A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#101A1D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#181818

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16162a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 22, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.1% 0.039 282.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#545263',
    500: '#16162a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16162a;
$custom-light: #545263;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16162a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 22,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 240,
    "s": 31.25,
    "l": 12.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21134,
    "c": 0.03911,
    "h": 282.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.00912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16162A

secondary

#5F5F3D

accent

#C760C7

background

#F4F4F5

surface

#E7E7EA

border

#C3C3C6

text

#020205

muted

#787879

Preview Lab

Preview with #16162A

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

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