#16222A#16222A

#16222A is a very dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.015; OKLCH L 24.5% C 0.023 H 238.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16222A
RGB	rgb(22, 34, 42)
HSL	hsl(204, 31%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(204, 48%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 19%, 0%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(12.49, -2.60, -7.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(12.49, 7.47, 249.62°)
OKLab	oklab(24.45% -0.012 -0.0193)
OKLCH	oklch(24.45% 0.023 238.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.3207, 1.4817, 2.4064)
Luminance	0.0148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16222A #2A1E16

analogous

#162A28 #16222A #16182A

triadic

#16222A #2A1622 #222A16

tetradic

#16222A #28162A #2A1E16 #182A16

square

#16222A #28162A #2A1E16 #182A16

split-complementary

#16222A #2A1618 #2A2816

monochromatic

#0B1014 #0B1014 #16222A #2B4352 #40637A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.20

#16222A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.30

#16222A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16222A

16.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16222A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16222A	1.00	16.20	1.30	16.20
#FFFFFF	16.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E222A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C202A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F2425

Achromatopsia (no color)

#202020

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16222a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 34, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(24.5% 0.023 238.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#545c63',
    500: '#16222a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16222a;
$custom-light: #545c63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16222a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 31.25,
    "l": 12.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24453,
    "c": 0.02274,
    "h": 238.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.01482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16222A

secondary

#5F4A3D

accent

#8A60C7

background

#F4F5F5

surface

#E7E9EA

border

#C3C5C6

text

#020405

muted

#787979

Preview Lab

Preview with #16222A

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

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