#161C26#161C26

#161C26 is a very dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.011; OKLCH L 22.5% C 0.022 H 260.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 17.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161C26
RGB	rgb(22, 28, 38)
HSL	hsl(218, 27%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(218, 42%, 15%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.1%, 26.3%, 0%, 85.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.11, 0.39, -7.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.11, 7.72, 272.92°)
OKLab	oklab(22.52% -0.0035 -0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(22.52% 0.022 260.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.0959, 1.1410, 1.9958)
Luminance	0.0114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161C26 #262016

analogous

#162426 #161C26 #181626

triadic

#161C26 #26161C #1C2616

tetradic

#161C26 #261624 #262016 #162618

square

#161C26 #261624 #262016 #162618

split-complementary

#161C26 #261816 #242616

monochromatic

#0B0E13 #0B0E13 #161C26 #2C394D #435574

Accessibility & contrast

On white

17.10

#161C26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.23

#161C26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161C26

17.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161C26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161C26	1.00	17.10	1.23	17.10
#FFFFFF	17.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	17.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#191D26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#171B26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#111E1F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1C1C1C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161c26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 28, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.5% 0.022 260.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#535760',
    500: '#161c26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161c26;
$custom-light: #535760;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161c26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.5,
    "s": 26.667,
    "l": 11.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2252,
    "c": 0.02156,
    "h": 260.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161C26

secondary

#5A4F3E

accent

#A065C3

background

#F4F5F5

surface

#E7E9E9

border

#C3C5C5

text

#020304

muted

#787879

Preview Lab

Preview with #161C26

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

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