#161C22#161C22

#161C22 is a very dark, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 22.3% C 0.015 H 248.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161C22
RGB	rgb(22, 28, 34)
HSL	hsl(210, 21%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(210, 35%, 13%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 17.6%, 0%, 86.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(9.93, -0.93, -5.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(9.93, 5.12, 259.48°)
OKLab	oklab(22.31% -0.0054 -0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(22.31% 0.015 248.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.0348, 1.1165, 1.6741)
Luminance	0.0112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161C22 #221C16

analogous

#162222 #161C22 #161622

triadic

#161C22 #22161C #1C2216

tetradic

#161C22 #221622 #221C16 #162216

square

#161C22 #221622 #221C16 #162216

split-complementary

#161C22 #221616 #222216

monochromatic

#0C0F13 #0C0F13 #161C22 #2E3B47 #46596C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.17

#161C22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.22

#161C22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161C22

17.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161C22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161C22	1.00	17.17	1.22	17.17
#FFFFFF	17.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A1C22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#181B22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#131D1E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1B1B1B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161c22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 28, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.3% 0.015 248.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#53575c',
    500: '#161c22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161c22;
$custom-light: #53575c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161c22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 10.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2231,
    "c": 0.01478,
    "h": 248.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161C22

secondary

#554A3F

accent

#946ABE

background

#F4F5F5

surface

#E7E9E9

border

#C3C5C5

text

#020304

muted

#787879

Preview Lab

Preview with #161C22

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

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