#161C1E#161C1E

#161C1E is a very dark, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 22.1% C 0.010 H 219.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161C1E
RGB	rgb(22, 28, 30)
HSL	hsl(195, 15%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(195, 27%, 12%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 6.7%, 0%, 88.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.76, -2.18, -2.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.76, 3.18, 226.59°)
OKLab	oklab(22.12% -0.0075 -0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(22.12% 0.01 219.9)
XYZ	xyz(0.9804, 1.0948, 1.3877)
Luminance	0.0109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161C1E #1E1816

analogous

#161E1C #161C1E #16181E

triadic

#161C1E #1E161C #1C1E16

tetradic

#161C1E #1C161E #1E1816 #181E16

square

#161C1E #1C161E #1E1816 #181E16

split-complementary

#161C1E #1E1618 #1E1C16

monochromatic

#0D1012 #0D1012 #161C1E #303D41 #4A5E65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.23

#161C1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.22

#161C1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161C1E

17.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161C1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161C1E	1.00	17.23	1.22	17.23
#FFFFFF	17.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B1C1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#191B1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#141D1D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1B1B1B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161c1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 28, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.1% 0.010 219.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#535759',
    500: '#161c1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161c1e;
$custom-light: #535759;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161c1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 15.385,
    "l": 10.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2212,
    "c": 0.00974,
    "h": 219.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161C1E

secondary

#504440

accent

#8270B8

background

#F4F5F5

surface

#E7E9E9

border

#C3C5C5

text

#020303

muted

#787878

Preview Lab

Preview with #161C1E

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

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