#161A2E#161A2E

#161A2E is a very dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 22.5% C 0.039 H 274.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161A2E
RGB	rgb(22, 26, 46)
HSL	hsl(230, 35%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(230, 52%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 43.5%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.85, 4.79, -14.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.85, 14.80, 288.88°)
OKLab	oklab(22.46% 0.0029 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(22.46% 0.039 274.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.1933, 1.1066, 2.7350)
Luminance	0.0111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161A2E #2E2A16

analogous

#16262E #161A2E #1E162E

triadic

#161A2E #2E161A #1A2E16

tetradic

#161A2E #2E1626 #2E2A16 #162E1E

square

#161A2E #2E1626 #2E2A16 #162E1E

split-complementary

#161A2E #2E1E16 #262E16

monochromatic

#0A0C15 #0A0C15 #161A2E #2A3157 #3E4981

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.19

#161A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.22

#161A2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161A2E

17.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161A2E	1.00	17.19	1.22	17.19
#FFFFFF	17.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#131C2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#111A2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E1E21

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1B1B1B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 26, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.5% 0.039 274.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#545666',
    500: '#161a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161a2e;
$custom-light: #545666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 230,
    "s": 35.294,
    "l": 13.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22459,
    "c": 0.03946,
    "h": 274.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161A2E

secondary

#645D3C

accent

#B95CCB

background

#F4F5F6

surface

#E8E8EB

border

#C4C4C6

text

#030306

muted

#78787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #161A2E

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

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