#161C20#161C20

#161C20 is a very dark, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 22.2% C 0.012 H 237.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161C20
RGB	rgb(22, 28, 32)
HSL	hsl(204, 19%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(204, 31%, 13%)
CMYK	cmyk(31.2%, 12.5%, 0%, 87.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.84, -1.57, -3.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.84, 4.00, 246.89°)
OKLab	oklab(22.21% -0.0064 -0.01)
OKLCH	oklch(22.21% 0.012 237.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.0068, 1.1053, 1.5265)
Luminance	0.0111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161C20 #201A16

analogous

#16201F #161C20 #161720

triadic

#161C20 #20161C #1C2016

tetradic

#161C20 #1F1620 #201A16 #172016

square

#161C20 #1F1620 #201A16 #172016

split-complementary

#161C20 #201617 #201F16

monochromatic

#0C1012 #0C1012 #161C20 #2F3C44 #485B69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.20

#161C20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.22

#161C20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161C20

17.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161C20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161C20	1.00	17.20	1.22	17.20
#FFFFFF	17.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A1C20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#191B20

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#131D1D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1B1B1B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161c20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 28, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.2% 0.012 237.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#53575b',
    500: '#161c20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161c20;
$custom-light: #53575b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161c20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 18.519,
    "l": 10.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22213,
    "c": 0.01188,
    "h": 237.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161C20

secondary

#52473F

accent

#8C6DBB

background

#F4F5F5

surface

#E7E9E9

border

#C3C5C5

text

#020304

muted

#787879

Preview Lab

Preview with #161C20

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

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