#161C2E#161C2E

#161C2E is a very dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 23.0% C 0.036 H 269.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161C2E
RGB	rgb(22, 28, 46)
HSL	hsl(225, 35%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(225, 52%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 39.1%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.54, 3.26, -12.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.54, 13.32, 284.17°)
OKLab	oklab(23% -0.0004 -0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(23% 0.036 269.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.2391, 1.1983, 2.7502)
Luminance	0.0120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161C2E #2E2816

analogous

#16282E #161C2E #1C162E

triadic

#161C2E #2E161C #1C2E16

tetradic

#161C2E #2E1628 #2E2816 #162E1C

square

#161C2E #2E1628 #2E2816 #162E1C

split-complementary

#161C2E #2E1C16 #282E16

monochromatic

#0A0D15 #0A0D15 #161C2E #2A3557 #3E4E81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.94

#161C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.24

#161C2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161C2E

16.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161C2E	1.00	16.94	1.24	16.94
#FFFFFF	16.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#161E2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#131C2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E2022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 28, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.0% 0.036 269.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#545766',
    500: '#161c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161c2e;
$custom-light: #545766;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225,
    "s": 35.294,
    "l": 13.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22997,
    "c": 0.03618,
    "h": 269.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161C2E

secondary

#645A3C

accent

#B05CCB

background

#F4F5F6

surface

#E7E9EB

border

#C3C5C6

text

#030306

muted

#78787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #161C2E

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

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