#16242E#16242E

#16242E is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.016; OKLCH L 25.2% C 0.027 H 240.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#16242E
RGB	rgb(22, 36, 46)
HSL	hsl(205, 35%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(205, 52%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 21.7%, 0%, 82%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.41, -2.62, -8.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.41, 8.88, 252.83°)
OKLab	oklab(25.24% -0.0134 -0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(25.24% 0.027 240.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.4547, 1.6295, 2.8221)
Luminance	0.0163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#16242E #2E2016

analogous

#162E2C #16242E #16182E

triadic

#16242E #2E1624 #242E16

tetradic

#16242E #2C162E #2E2016 #182E16

square

#16242E #2C162E #2E2016 #182E16

split-complementary

#16242E #2E1618 #2E2C16

monochromatic

#0A1015 #0A1015 #16242E #2A4457 #3E6581

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.84

#16242E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.33

#16242E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #16242E

15.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##16242E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##16242E	1.00	15.84	1.33	15.84
#FFFFFF	15.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#20242E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C212E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0C2627

Achromatopsia (no color)

#222222

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #16242e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 36, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.2% 0.027 240.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#545e66',
    500: '#16242e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #16242e;
$custom-light: #545e66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#16242e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205,
    "s": 35.294,
    "l": 13.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2524,
    "c": 0.02705,
    "h": 240.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#16242E

secondary

#644D3C

accent

#8B5CCB

background

#F4F5F6

surface

#E8E9EB

border

#C4C5C6

text

#030406

muted

#78797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #16242E

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

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