#161C1A#161C1A

#161C1A is a very dark, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 22.0% C 0.010 H 173.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161C1A
RGB	rgb(22, 28, 26)
HSL	hsl(160, 12%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(160, 21%, 11%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 0%, 7.1%, 89%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.61, -3.33, 0.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.61, 3.36, 172.29°)
OKLab	oklab(21.95% -0.0097 0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(21.95% 0.01 173.2)
XYZ	xyz(0.9325, 1.0756, 1.1356)
Luminance	0.0108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161C1A #1C1618

analogous

#161C17 #161C1A #161B1C

triadic

#161C1A #1A161C #1C1A16

tetradic

#161C1A #17161C #1C1618 #1B1C16

square

#161C1A #17161C #1C1618 #1B1C16

split-complementary

#161C1A #1C161B #1C1716

monochromatic

#0D1110 #0D1110 #161C1A #313E3A #4C615A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.28

#161C1A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.22

#161C1A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161C1A

17.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161C1A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161C1A	1.00	17.28	1.22	17.28
#FFFFFF	17.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C1B1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A1A1A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#151C1B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1B1B1B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161c1a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 28, 26);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.0% 0.010 173.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#535856',
    500: '#161c1a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161c1a;
$custom-light: #535856;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161c1a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 26
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 12,
    "l": 9.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.21951,
    "c": 0.00974,
    "h": 173.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161C1A

secondary

#4D4145

accent

#7389B5

background

#F4F5F5

surface

#E7E9E9

border

#C3C5C5

text

#020303

muted

#787878

Preview Lab

Preview with #161C1A

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

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