#161A20#161A20

#161A20 is a very dark, near-neutral blue. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 21.6% C 0.013 H 258.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161A20
RGB	rgb(22, 26, 32)
HSL	hsl(216, 19%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(216, 31%, 13%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 18.8%, 0%, 87.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.10, -0.09, -4.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.10, 4.78, 268.88°)
OKLab	oklab(21.63% -0.0027 -0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(21.63% 0.013 258.4)
XYZ	xyz(0.9609, 1.0136, 1.5112)
Luminance	0.0101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161A20 #201C16

analogous

#161F20 #161A20 #171620

triadic

#161A20 #20161A #1A2016

tetradic

#161A20 #20161F #201C16 #162017

square

#161A20 #20161F #201C16 #162017

split-complementary

#161A20 #201716 #1F2016

monochromatic

#0C0F12 #0C0F12 #161A20 #2F3744 #485569

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.46

#161A20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.20

#161A20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161A20

17.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161A20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161A20	1.00	17.46	1.20	17.46
#FFFFFF	17.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#181A20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#171920

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#131B1C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1A1A1A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161a20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 26, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.6% 0.013 258.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#53565b',
    500: '#161a20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161a20;
$custom-light: #53565b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161a20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216,
    "s": 18.519,
    "l": 10.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21634,
    "c": 0.01331,
    "h": 258.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161A20

secondary

#524B3F

accent

#9C6DBB

background

#F4F5F5

surface

#E7E9E9

border

#C3C5C5

text

#020304

muted

#787879

Preview Lab

Preview with #161A20

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

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