#161D2C#161D2C

#161D2C is a very dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 23.1% C 0.031 H 264.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161D2C
RGB	rgb(22, 29, 44)
HSL	hsl(221, 33%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(221, 50%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 34.1%, 0%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.78, 1.77, -11.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.78, 11.22, 279.06°)
OKLab	oklab(23.15% -0.0028 -0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(23.15% 0.031 264.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.2247, 1.2311, 2.5555)
Luminance	0.0123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161D2C #2C2516

analogous

#16282C #161D2C #1A162C

triadic

#161D2C #2C161D #1D2C16

tetradic

#161D2C #2C1628 #2C2516 #162C1A

square

#161D2C #2C1628 #2C2516 #162C1A

split-complementary

#161D2C #2C1A16 #282C16

monochromatic

#0A0D14 #0A0D14 #161D2C #2A3855 #3F537E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.85

#161D2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25

#161D2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161D2C

16.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161D2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161D2C	1.00	16.85	1.25	16.85
#FFFFFF	16.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#181E2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#161C2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F2022

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161d2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 29, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.1% 0.031 264.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#545865',
    500: '#161d2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161d2c;
$custom-light: #545865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161d2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.909,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 12.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23146,
    "c": 0.03102,
    "h": 264.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161D2C

secondary

#61563C

accent

#A75EC9

background

#F4F5F6

surface

#E7E9EB

border

#C3C5C6

text

#020305

muted

#78787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #161D2C

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

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