#161A2A#161A2A

#161A2A is a very dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 22.2% C 0.032 H 272.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#161A2A
RGBrgb(22, 26, 42)
HSLhsl(228, 31%, 13%)
HSVhsv(228, 48%, 16%)
CMYKcmyk(47.6%, 38.1%, 0%, 83.5%)
CIE-LABlab(9.61, 3.31, -11.44)
CIE-LCHlch(9.61, 11.91, 286.16°)
OKLaboklab(22.2% 0.0016 -0.0319)
OKLCHoklch(22.2% 0.032 272.8)
XYZxyz(1.1181, 1.0765, 2.3389)
Luminance0.0108 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyblue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#161A2A #2A2616
analogous
#16242A #161A2A #1C162A
triadic
#161A2A #2A161A #1A2A16
tetradic
#161A2A #2A1624 #2A2616 #162A1C
square
#161A2A #2A1624 #2A2616 #162A1C
split-complementary
#161A2A #2A1C16 #242A16
monochromatic
#0B0C14 #0B0C14 #161A2A #2B3352 #404C7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.28
#161A2A on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.22
#161A2A on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161A2A
17.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##161A2A#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##161A2A1.0017.281.2217.28
#FFFFFF17.281.0021.001.00
#0000001.2221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF17.281.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#151C2B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#131A2A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#101D20
Achromatopsia (no color)
#1B1B1B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #161a2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 26, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.2% 0.032 272.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#545663',
    500: '#161a2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #161a2a;
$custom-light: #545663;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#161a2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 228,
    "s": 31.25,
    "l": 12.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22199,
    "c": 0.03195,
    "h": 272.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#161A2A
secondary
#5F583D
accent
#B360C7
background
#F4F5F5
surface
#E7E8EA
border
#C3C4C6
text
#020305
muted
#787879

Preview Lab

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#161A2A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva