#161828#161828

#161828 is a very dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 21.5% C 0.032 H 277.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161828
RGB	rgb(22, 24, 40)
HSL	hsl(233, 29%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(233, 45%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 40%, 0%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.80, 4.13, -11.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.80, 11.96, 290.19°)
OKLab	oklab(21.53% 0.0044 -0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(21.53% 0.032 277.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.0404, 0.9770, 2.1408)
Luminance	0.0098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161828 #282616

analogous

#162128 #161828 #1D1628

triadic

#161828 #281618 #182816

tetradic

#161828 #281621 #282616 #16281D

square

#161828 #281621 #282616 #16281D

split-complementary

#161828 #281D16 #212816

monochromatic

#0B0C14 #0B0C14 #161828 #2C304F #414777

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.57

#161828 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.20

#161828 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161828

17.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161828	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161828	1.00	17.57	1.20	17.57
#FFFFFF	17.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#131A29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#121828

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#111B1E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#191919

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161828;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 24, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.5% 0.032 277.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#545462',
    500: '#161828',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161828;
$custom-light: #545462;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161828",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 24,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 233.333,
    "s": 29.032,
    "l": 12.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21531,
    "c": 0.03161,
    "h": 277.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.00977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161828

secondary

#5D593D

accent

#BA62C5

background

#F4F4F5

surface

#E7E7EA

border

#C3C3C6

text

#020205

muted

#787879

Preview Lab

Preview with #161828

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

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