#161E2C#161E2C

#161E2C is a very dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 23.4% C 0.030 H 261.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161E2C
RGB	rgb(22, 30, 44)
HSL	hsl(218, 33%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(218, 50%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 31.8%, 0%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.14, 1.02, -10.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.14, 10.58, 275.54°)
OKLab	oklab(23.42% -0.0045 -0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(23.42% 0.03 261.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.2496, 1.2809, 2.5638)
Luminance	0.0128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161E2C #2C2416

analogous

#16292C #161E2C #19162C

triadic

#161E2C #2C161E #1E2C16

tetradic

#161E2C #2C1629 #2C2416 #162C19

square

#161E2C #2C1629 #2C2416 #162C19

split-complementary

#161E2C #2C1916 #292C16

monochromatic

#0A0E14 #0A0E14 #161E2C #2A3A55 #3F567E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.72

#161E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#161E2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161E2C

16.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161E2C	1.00	16.72	1.26	16.72
#FFFFFF	16.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#191F2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#171D2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E2123

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 30, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.4% 0.030 261.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#545965',
    500: '#161e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161e2c;
$custom-light: #545965;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 218.182,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 12.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23424,
    "c": 0.02965,
    "h": 261.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161E2C

secondary

#61543C

accent

#A35EC9

background

#F4F5F6

surface

#E7E9EB

border

#C3C5C6

text

#020305

muted

#78787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #161E2C

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

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