#16202A#16202A

#16202A is a very dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.014; OKLCH L 23.9% C 0.024 H 248.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16202A
RGB	rgb(22, 32, 42)
HSL	hsl(210, 31%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(210, 48%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 23.8%, 0%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.76, -1.16, -8.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.76, 8.20, 261.85°)
OKLab	oklab(23.88% -0.0087 -0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(23.88% 0.024 248.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.2652, 1.3707, 2.3879)
Luminance	0.0137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16202A #2A2016

analogous

#162A2A #16202A #16162A

triadic

#16202A #2A1620 #202A16

tetradic

#16202A #2A162A #2A2016 #162A16

square

#16202A #2A162A #2A2016 #162A16

split-complementary

#16202A #2A1616 #2A2A16

monochromatic

#0B0F14 #0B0F14 #16202A #2B3F52 #405D7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.48

#16202A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.27

#16202A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16202A

16.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16202A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16202A	1.00	16.48	1.27	16.48
#FFFFFF	16.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C202A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A1E2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F2223

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1F1F1F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16202a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 32, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.9% 0.024 248.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#545b63',
    500: '#16202a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16202a;
$custom-light: #545b63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16202a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 32,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 31.25,
    "l": 12.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23877,
    "c": 0.02406,
    "h": 248.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.01371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16202A

secondary

#5F4E3D

accent

#9460C7

background

#F4F5F5

surface

#E7E9EA

border

#C3C5C6

text

#020405

muted

#787979

Preview Lab

Preview with #16202A

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

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