#161E28#161E28

#161E28 is a very dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 23.2% C 0.023 H 254.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161E28
RGB	rgb(22, 30, 40)
HSL	hsl(213, 29%, 12%)
HSV	hsv(213, 45%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(45%, 25%, 0%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(10.94, -0.40, -7.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(10.94, 7.93, 267.10°)
OKLab	oklab(23.2% -0.0062 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(23.2% 0.023 254.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.1780, 1.2523, 2.1867)
Luminance	0.0125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161E28 #282016

analogous

#162728 #161E28 #171628

triadic

#161E28 #28161E #1E2816

tetradic

#161E28 #281627 #282016 #162817

square

#161E28 #281627 #282016 #162817

split-complementary

#161E28 #281716 #272816

monochromatic

#0B0F14 #0B0F14 #161E28 #2C3C4F #415977

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.79

#161E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25

#161E28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161E28

16.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161E28	1.00	16.79	1.25	16.79
#FFFFFF	16.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A1E28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#181D28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#102021

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1D1D1D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 30, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.2% 0.023 254.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#545961',
    500: '#161e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161e28;
$custom-light: #545961;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.333,
    "s": 29.032,
    "l": 12.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23198,
    "c": 0.02272,
    "h": 254.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161E28

secondary

#5D4F3D

accent

#9962C5

background

#F4F5F5

surface

#E7E9E9

border

#C3C5C5

text

#020305

muted

#787879

Preview Lab

Preview with #161E28

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

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