#161C2F#161C2F

#161C2F is a very dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 23.1% C 0.038 H 269.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161C2F
RGB	rgb(22, 28, 47)
HSL	hsl(226, 36%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(226, 53%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 40.4%, 0%, 81.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.60, 3.64, -13.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.60, 14.03, 285.03°)
OKLab	oklab(23.06% -0.0001 -0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(23.06% 0.038 269.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.2591, 1.2062, 2.8553)
Luminance	0.0121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161C2F #2F2916

analogous

#16282F #161C2F #1C162F

triadic

#161C2F #2F161C #1C2F16

tetradic

#161C2F #2F1628 #2F2916 #162F1C

square

#161C2F #2F1628 #2F2916 #162F1C

split-complementary

#161C2F #2F1C16 #282F16

monochromatic

#0A0C15 #0A0C15 #161C2F #2A3559 #3D4E82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.92

#161C2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.24

#161C2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161C2F

16.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161C2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161C2F	1.00	16.92	1.24	16.92
#FFFFFF	16.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#151E30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#131C2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0D2023

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161c2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 28, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.1% 0.038 269.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#545767',
    500: '#161c2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161c2f;
$custom-light: #545767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161c2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 225.6,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 13.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23061,
    "c": 0.03802,
    "h": 269.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161C2F

secondary

#655B3C

accent

#B15CCC

background

#F4F5F6

surface

#E8E9EB

border

#C4C5C6

text

#030306

muted

#78787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #161C2F

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

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