#16232E#16232E

#16232E is a very dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 25.0% C 0.028 H 244.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16232E
RGB	rgb(22, 35, 46)
HSL	hsl(208, 35%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(208, 52%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 23.9%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.05, -1.91, -9.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.05, 9.24, 258.09°)
OKLab	oklab(24.95% -0.0118 -0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(24.95% 0.028 244.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.4249, 1.5698, 2.8122)
Luminance	0.0157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16232E #2E2116

analogous

#162E2D #16232E #16172E

triadic

#16232E #2E1623 #232E16

tetradic

#16232E #2D162E #2E2116 #172E16

square

#16232E #2D162E #2E2116 #172E16

split-complementary

#16232E #2E1617 #2E2D16

monochromatic

#0A1015 #0A1015 #16232E #2A4257 #3E6281

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.98

#16232E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.31

#16232E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16232E

15.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16232E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16232E	1.00	15.98	1.31	15.98
#FFFFFF	15.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E232F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B212E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0D2627

Achromatopsia (no color)

#222222

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16232e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 35, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.0% 0.028 244.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#545d66',
    500: '#16232e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16232e;
$custom-light: #545d66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16232e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.5,
    "s": 35.294,
    "l": 13.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.24953,
    "c": 0.0277,
    "h": 244.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16232E

secondary

#644E3C

accent

#8F5CCB

background

#F4F5F6

surface

#E7E9EB

border

#C3C5C6

text

#030406

muted

#78797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #16232E

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

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