#161920#161920

#161920 is a very dark, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 21.3% C 0.015 H 266.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161920
RGB	rgb(22, 25, 32)
HSL	hsl(222, 19%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(222, 31%, 13%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 21.9%, 0%, 87.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(8.74, 0.66, -5.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(8.74, 5.37, 277.02°)
OKLab	oklab(21.35% -0.0008 -0.0146)
OKLCH	oklch(21.35% 0.015 266.9)
XYZ	xyz(0.9392, 0.9701, 1.5040)
Luminance	0.0097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161920 #201D16

analogous

#161E20 #161920 #181620

triadic

#161920 #201619 #192016

tetradic

#161920 #20161E #201D16 #162018

square

#161920 #20161E #201D16 #162018

split-complementary

#161920 #201816 #1E2016

monochromatic

#0C0E12 #0C0E12 #161920 #2F3544 #485269

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.59

#161920 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.19

#161920 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161920

17.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161920	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161920	1.00	17.59	1.19	17.59
#FFFFFF	17.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#171920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#161920

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#131A1B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#191919

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161920;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 25, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.3% 0.015 266.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#53555b',
    500: '#161920',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161920;
$custom-light: #53555b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161920",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 25,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222,
    "s": 18.519,
    "l": 10.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21348,
    "c": 0.01459,
    "h": 266.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161920

secondary

#524D3F

accent

#A46DBB

background

#F4F4F5

surface

#E7E7E9

border

#C3C3C5

text

#020304

muted

#787879

Preview Lab

Preview with #161920

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

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