#161E1E#161E1E

#161E1E is a very dark, near-neutral teal. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 22.7% C 0.012 H 196.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161E1E
RGB	rgb(22, 30, 30)
HSL	hsl(180, 15%, 10%)
HSV	hsv(180, 27%, 12%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.7%, 0%, 0%, 88.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.50, -3.62, -1.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.50, 3.81, 198.39°)
OKLab	oklab(22.71% -0.0112 -0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(22.71% 0.012 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.0294, 1.1928, 1.4040)
Luminance	0.0119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161E1E #1E1616

analogous

#161E1A #161E1E #161A1E

triadic

#161E1E #1E161E #1E1E16

tetradic

#161E1E #1A161E #1E1616 #1A1E16

square

#161E1E #1A161E #1E1616 #1A1E16

split-complementary

#161E1E #1E161A #1E1A16

monochromatic

#0D1212 #0D1212 #161E1E #304141 #4A6565

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.95

#161E1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.24

#161E1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161E1E

16.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161E1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161E1E	1.00	16.95	1.24	16.95
#FFFFFF	16.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D1D1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B1C1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#141F1E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1C1C1C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161e1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 30, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.7% 0.012 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#535959',
    500: '#161e1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161e1e;
$custom-light: #535959;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161e1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 15.385,
    "l": 10.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22712,
    "c": 0.01165,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.01193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161E1E

secondary

#504040

accent

#7070B8

background

#F4F5F5

surface

#E7E9E9

border

#C3C5C5

text

#020303

muted

#787878

Preview Lab

Preview with #161E1E

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

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