#161E2E#161E2E

#161E2E is a very dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 23.5% C 0.033 H 263.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161E2E
RGB	rgb(22, 30, 46)
HSL	hsl(220, 35%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(220, 52%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 34.8%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.25, 1.75, -11.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.25, 11.94, 278.44°)
OKLab	oklab(23.55% -0.0037 -0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(23.55% 0.033 263.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.2881, 1.2963, 2.7666)
Luminance	0.0130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161E2E #2E2616

analogous

#162A2E #161E2E #1A162E

triadic

#161E2E #2E161E #1E2E16

tetradic

#161E2E #2E162A #2E2616 #162E1A

square

#161E2E #2E162A #2E2616 #162E1A

split-complementary

#161E2E #2E1A16 #2A2E16

monochromatic

#0A0E15 #0A0E15 #161E2E #2A3957 #3E5481

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.68

#161E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#161E2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161E2E

16.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161E2E	1.00	16.68	1.26	16.68
#FFFFFF	16.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#181F2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#161D2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0D2124

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 30, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.5% 0.033 263.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#545966',
    500: '#161e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161e2e;
$custom-light: #545966;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220,
    "s": 35.294,
    "l": 13.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23545,
    "c": 0.03321,
    "h": 263.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161E2E

secondary

#64563C

accent

#A65CCB

background

#F4F5F6

surface

#E7E9EB

border

#C3C5C6

text

#030306

muted

#78787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #161E2E

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

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