#161A2D#161A2D

#161A2D is a very dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 22.4% C 0.038 H 273.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161A2D
RGB	rgb(22, 26, 45)
HSL	hsl(230, 34%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(230, 51%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 42.2%, 0%, 82.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.79, 4.41, -13.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.79, 14.08, 288.27°)
OKLab	oklab(22.39% 0.0026 -0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(22.39% 0.038 273.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.1738, 1.0988, 2.6323)
Luminance	0.0110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161A2D #2D2916

analogous

#16252D #161A2D #1D162D

triadic

#161A2D #2D161A #1A2D16

tetradic

#161A2D #2D1625 #2D2916 #162D1D

square

#161A2D #2D1625 #2D2916 #162D1D

split-complementary

#161A2D #2D1D16 #252D16

monochromatic

#0A0C15 #0A0C15 #161A2D #2A3256 #3E497F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.22

#161A2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.22

#161A2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161A2D

17.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161A2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161A2D	1.00	17.22	1.22	17.22
#FFFFFF	17.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#131C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#121A2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F1E21

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1B1B1B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161a2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 26, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.4% 0.038 273.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#545666',
    500: '#161a2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161a2d;
$custom-light: #545666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161a2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 229.565,
    "s": 34.328,
    "l": 13.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22392,
    "c": 0.03759,
    "h": 273.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161A2D

secondary

#625C3C

accent

#B75DCA

background

#F4F5F6

surface

#E7E8EB

border

#C3C4C6

text

#030305

muted

#78787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #161A2D

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

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