#161A24#161A24

#161A24 is a very dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 21.8% C 0.021 H 267.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161A24
RGB	rgb(22, 26, 36)
HSL	hsl(223, 24%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(223, 39%, 14%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 27.8%, 0%, 85.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.29, 1.21, -7.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.29, 7.58, 279.21°)
OKLab	oklab(21.85% -0.0008 -0.0206)
OKLCH	oklch(21.85% 0.021 267.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.0186, 1.0367, 1.8152)
Luminance	0.0104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161A24 #242016

analogous

#162124 #161A24 #191624

triadic

#161A24 #24161A #1A2416

tetradic

#161A24 #241621 #242016 #162419

square

#161A24 #241621 #242016 #162419

split-complementary

#161A24 #241916 #212416

monochromatic

#0C0E13 #0C0E13 #161A24 #2D354A #445170

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.39

#161A24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.21

#161A24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161A24

17.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161A24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161A24	1.00	17.39	1.21	17.39
#FFFFFF	17.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#171B24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#161A24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#121C1D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1A1A1A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161a24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 26, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(21.8% 0.021 267.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#53565e',
    500: '#161a24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161a24;
$custom-light: #53565e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161a24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 222.857,
    "s": 24.138,
    "l": 11.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21845,
    "c": 0.02064,
    "h": 267.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161A24

secondary

#58503E

accent

#A767C1

background

#F4F5F5

surface

#E7E9E9

border

#C3C5C5

text

#020304

muted

#787879

Preview Lab

Preview with #161A24

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

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