#161C24#161C24

#161C24 is a very dark, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 22.4% C 0.018 H 255.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161C24
RGB	rgb(22, 28, 36)
HSL	hsl(214, 24%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(214, 39%, 14%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 22.2%, 0%, 85.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.02, -0.28, -6.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.02, 6.38, 267.49°)
OKLab	oklab(22.41% -0.0045 -0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(22.41% 0.018 255.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.0645, 1.1284, 1.8304)
Luminance	0.0113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161C24 #241E16

analogous

#162324 #161C24 #171624

triadic

#161C24 #24161C #1C2416

tetradic

#161C24 #241623 #241E16 #162417

square

#161C24 #241623 #241E16 #162417

split-complementary

#161C24 #241716 #232416

monochromatic

#0C0F13 #0C0F13 #161C24 #2D3A4A #445770

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.13

#161C24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.23

#161C24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161C24

17.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161C24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161C24	1.00	17.13	1.23	17.13
#FFFFFF	17.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#191C24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#181B24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#121E1F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1C1C1C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161c24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 28, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.4% 0.018 255.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#53575e',
    500: '#161c24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161c24;
$custom-light: #53575e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161c24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.286,
    "s": 24.138,
    "l": 11.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22412,
    "c": 0.01807,
    "h": 255.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161C24

secondary

#584D3E

accent

#9A67C1

background

#F4F5F5

surface

#E7E9E9

border

#C3C5C5

text

#020304

muted

#787879

Preview Lab

Preview with #161C24

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

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