#161E2F#161E2F

#161E2F is a very dark, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 23.6% C 0.035 H 264.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161E2F
RGB	rgb(22, 30, 47)
HSL	hsl(221, 36%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(221, 53%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 36.2%, 0%, 81.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.31, 2.13, -12.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.31, 12.63, 279.69°)
OKLab	oklab(23.61% -0.0033 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(23.61% 0.035 264.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.3081, 1.3043, 2.8716)
Luminance	0.0130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161E2F #2F2716

analogous

#162A2F #161E2F #1A162F

triadic

#161E2F #2F161E #1E2F16

tetradic

#161E2F #2F162A #2F2716 #162F1A

square

#161E2F #2F162A #2F2716 #162F1A

split-complementary

#161E2F #2F1A16 #2A2F16

monochromatic

#0A0D15 #0A0D15 #161E2F #2A3959 #3D5382

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.66

#161E2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.26

#161E2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161E2F

16.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161E2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161E2F	1.00	16.66	1.26	16.66
#FFFFFF	16.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#181F30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#151D2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0D2224

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161e2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 30, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.6% 0.035 264.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#545967',
    500: '#161e2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161e2f;
$custom-light: #545967;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161e2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 220.8,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 13.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23607,
    "c": 0.035,
    "h": 264.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161E2F

secondary

#65583C

accent

#A85CCC

background

#F4F5F6

surface

#E8E9EB

border

#C4C5C6

text

#030306

muted

#78787A

Preview Lab

Preview with #161E2F

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

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