#161E22#161E22

#161E22 is a very dark, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 22.9% C 0.014 H 229.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161E22
RGB	rgb(22, 30, 34)
HSL	hsl(200, 21%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(200, 35%, 13%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.3%, 11.8%, 0%, 86.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.66, -2.39, -3.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.66, 4.59, 238.59°)
OKLab	oklab(22.89% -0.0091 -0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(22.89% 0.014 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.0838, 1.2146, 1.6904)
Luminance	0.0121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161E22 #221A16

analogous

#162220 #161E22 #161822

triadic

#161E22 #22161E #1E2216

tetradic

#161E22 #201622 #221A16 #182216

square

#161E22 #201622 #221A16 #182216

split-complementary

#161E22 #221618 #222016

monochromatic

#0C1013 #0C1013 #161E22 #2E3F47 #46606C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.89

#161E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.24

#161E22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161E22

16.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161E22	1.00	16.89	1.24	16.89
#FFFFFF	16.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C1E22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A1C22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#121F1F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 30, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(22.9% 0.014 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#53595c',
    500: '#161e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161e22;
$custom-light: #53595c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 21.429,
    "l": 10.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22892,
    "c": 0.01401,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.01215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161E22

secondary

#55463F

accent

#866ABE

background

#F4F5F5

surface

#E7E9E9

border

#C3C5C5

text

#020304

muted

#787879

Preview Lab

Preview with #161E22

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

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