#161B2D#161B2D

#161B2D is a very dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 22.7% C 0.036 H 271.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161B2D
RGB	rgb(22, 27, 45)
HSL	hsl(227, 34%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(227, 51%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 40%, 0%, 82.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.14, 3.65, -12.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.14, 13.33, 285.89°)
OKLab	oklab(22.66% 0.0009 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(22.66% 0.036 271.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.1963, 1.1438, 2.6399)
Luminance	0.0114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161B2D #2D2816

analogous

#16262D #161B2D #1C162D

triadic

#161B2D #2D161B #1B2D16

tetradic

#161B2D #2D1626 #2D2816 #162D1C

square

#161B2D #2D1626 #2D2816 #162D1C

split-complementary

#161B2D #2D1C16 #262D16

monochromatic

#0A0C15 #0A0C15 #161B2D #2A3456 #3E4C7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.09

#161B2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.23

#161B2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161B2D

17.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161B2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161B2D	1.00	17.09	1.23	17.09
#FFFFFF	17.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#151D2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#131B2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E1F21

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1C1C1C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161b2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 27, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.7% 0.036 271.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#545766',
    500: '#161b2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161b2d;
$custom-light: #545766;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161b2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 226.957,
    "s": 34.328,
    "l": 13.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22661,
    "c": 0.03593,
    "h": 271.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161B2D

secondary

#625A3C

accent

#B35DCA

background

#F4F5F6

surface

#E7E9EB

border

#C3C5C6

text

#030305

muted

#78787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #161B2D

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

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