#161A26#161A26

#161A26 is a very dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.010; OKLCH L 22.0% C 0.024 H 270.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161A26
RGB	rgb(22, 26, 38)
HSL	hsl(225, 27%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(225, 42%, 15%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 31.6%, 0%, 85.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.40, 1.89, -8.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.40, 9.01, 282.13°)
OKLab	oklab(21.96% 0 -0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(21.96% 0.024 270.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.0500, 1.0493, 1.9805)
Luminance	0.0105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161A26 #262216

analogous

#162226 #161A26 #1A1626

triadic

#161A26 #26161A #1A2616

tetradic

#161A26 #261622 #262216 #16261A

square

#161A26 #261622 #262216 #16261A

split-complementary

#161A26 #261A16 #222616

monochromatic

#0B0D13 #0B0D13 #161A26 #2C354D #434F74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.36

#161A26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.21

#161A26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161A26

17.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161A26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161A26	1.00	17.36	1.21	17.36
#FFFFFF	17.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#161B27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#151A26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#111C1E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1A1A1A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161a26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 26, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.0% 0.024 270.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#535660',
    500: '#161a26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161a26;
$custom-light: #535660;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161a26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 26.667,
    "l": 11.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21958,
    "c": 0.0244,
    "h": 270.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161A26

secondary

#5A533E

accent

#AB65C3

background

#F4F5F5

surface

#E7E9E9

border

#C3C5C5

text

#020304

muted

#787879

Preview Lab

Preview with #161A26

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

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