#161E24#161E24

#161E24 is a very dark, near-neutral cyan. Relative luminance 0.012; OKLCH L 23.0% C 0.017 H 240.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161E24
RGB	rgb(22, 30, 36)
HSL	hsl(206, 24%, 11%)
HSV	hsv(206, 39%, 14%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 16.7%, 0%, 85.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.75, -1.75, -5.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.75, 5.55, 251.65°)
OKLab	oklab(22.99% -0.008 -0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(22.99% 0.017 240.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.1135, 1.2264, 1.8468)
Luminance	0.0123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161E24 #241C16

analogous

#162423 #161E24 #161724

triadic

#161E24 #24161E #1E2416

tetradic

#161E24 #231624 #241C16 #172416

square

#161E24 #231624 #241C16 #172416

split-complementary

#161E24 #241617 #242316

monochromatic

#0C1013 #0C1013 #161E24 #2D3E4A #445D70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.86

#161E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25

#161E24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161E24

16.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161E24	1.00	16.86	1.25	16.86
#FFFFFF	16.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B1E24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A1C24

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#121F20

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 30, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.0% 0.017 240.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#53595e',
    500: '#161e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161e24;
$custom-light: #53595e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 24.138,
    "l": 11.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.22989,
    "c": 0.0165,
    "h": 240.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.01226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161E24

secondary

#58493E

accent

#8E67C1

background

#F4F5F5

surface

#E7E9E9

border

#C3C5C5

text

#020304

muted

#787879

Preview Lab

Preview with #161E24

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

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