#161E1C#161E1C

#161E1C is a very dark, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 22.6% C 0.012 H 178.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161E1C
RGB	rgb(22, 30, 28)
HSL	hsl(165, 15%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(165, 27%, 12%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 0%, 6.7%, 88.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.43, -4.19, 0.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.43, 4.20, 177.71°)
OKLab	oklab(22.63% -0.0123 0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(22.63% 0.012 178.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.0047, 1.1829, 1.2738)
Luminance	0.0118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161E1C #1E1618

analogous

#161E18 #161E1C #161C1E

triadic

#161E1C #1C161E #1E1C16

tetradic

#161E1C #18161E #1E1618 #1C1E16

square

#161E1C #18161E #1E1618 #1C1E16

split-complementary

#161E1C #1E161C #1E1816

monochromatic

#0D1210 #0D1210 #161E1C #30413D #4A655E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.98

#161E1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.24

#161E1C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161E1C

16.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161E1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161E1C	1.00	16.98	1.24	16.98
#FFFFFF	16.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D1D1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C1C1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#141E1D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1C1C1C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161e1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 30, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.6% 0.012 178.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#535957',
    500: '#161e1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161e1c;
$custom-light: #535957;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161e1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 15.385,
    "l": 10.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22629,
    "c": 0.0123,
    "h": 178.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.01183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161E1C

secondary

#504044

accent

#7082B8

background

#F4F5F5

surface

#E7E9E9

border

#C3C5C5

text

#020303

muted

#787878

Preview Lab

Preview with #161E1C

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

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