#16181E#16181E

#16181E is a very dark, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.009; OKLCH L 21.0% C 0.012 H 270.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16181E
RGB	rgb(22, 24, 30)
HSL	hsl(225, 15%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(225, 27%, 12%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 20%, 0%, 88.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.29, 0.78, -4.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.29, 4.58, 279.81°)
OKLab	oklab(20.96% 0.0002 -0.0123)
OKLCH	oklch(20.96% 0.012 270.8)
XYZ	xyz(0.8918, 0.9176, 1.3582)
Luminance	0.0092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16181E #1E1C16

analogous

#161C1E #16181E #18161E

triadic

#16181E #1E1618 #181E16

tetradic

#16181E #1E161C #1E1C16 #161E18

square

#16181E #1E161C #1E1C16 #161E18

split-complementary

#16181E #1E1816 #1C1E16

monochromatic

#0D0E12 #0D0E12 #16181E #303441 #4A5065

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.74

#16181E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.18

#16181E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16181E

17.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16181E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16181E	1.00	17.74	1.18	17.74
#FFFFFF	17.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#16181E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#16181E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14191A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#181818

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16181e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 24, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.0% 0.012 270.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#535459',
    500: '#16181e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16181e;
$custom-light: #535459;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16181e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 15.385,
    "l": 10.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.20962,
    "c": 0.01228,
    "h": 270.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.00918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16181E

secondary

#504C40

accent

#A670B8

background

#F4F4F5

surface

#E7E7E9

border

#C3C3C5

text

#020203

muted

#787878

Preview Lab

Preview with #16181E

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

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