#161C1C#161C1C

#161C1C is a very dark, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 22.0% C 0.009 H 196.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161C1C
RGB	rgb(22, 28, 28)
HSL	hsl(180, 12%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(180, 21%, 11%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 0%, 0%, 89%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.68, -2.77, -0.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.68, 2.92, 198.59°)
OKLab	oklab(22.03% -0.0085 -0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(22.03% 0.009 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(0.9557, 1.0849, 1.2574)
Luminance	0.0109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161C1C #1C1616

analogous

#161C19 #161C1C #16191C

triadic

#161C1C #1C161C #1C1C16

tetradic

#161C1C #19161C #1C1616 #191C16

square

#161C1C #19161C #1C1616 #191C16

split-complementary

#161C1C #1C1619 #1C1916

monochromatic

#0D1111 #0D1111 #161C1C #313E3E #4C6161

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.26

#161C1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.22

#161C1C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161C1C

17.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161C1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161C1C	1.00	17.26	1.22	17.26
#FFFFFF	17.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B1B1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A1A1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#141C1C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1B1B1B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161c1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 28, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.0% 0.009 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#535857',
    500: '#161c1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161c1c;
$custom-light: #535857;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161c1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 12,
    "l": 9.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22033,
    "c": 0.00892,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161C1C

secondary

#4D4141

accent

#7373B5

background

#F4F5F5

surface

#E7E9E9

border

#C3C5C5

text

#020303

muted

#787878

Preview Lab

Preview with #161C1C

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

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