#16161a

Color #16161a

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark blue.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 7.98 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-900 #18181b · ΔE 0.9

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Conversions

HEX

#16161a

RGB

rgb(22, 22, 26)

HSL

hsl(240, 8.3%, 9.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 15.4%, 10.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(15.4%, 15.4%, 0%, 89.8%)

LAB

lab(7.4, 1.06, -2.8)

LCH

lch(7.4, 2.99, 290.74)

OKLCH

oklch(20.2%, 0.0079, 285.45)

HWB

hwb(240, 8.6%, 89.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1a1a16

Analogous

#16181a

#16161a

#18161a

Triadic

#16161a

#1a1616

#161a16

Split-complementary

#16161a

#1a1816

#181a16

Tetradic

#16161a

#1a161a

#1a1a16

#161a16

Square

#16161a

#1a1618

#1a1a16

#161a18

Shades

Color #16161a mixed toward black.

#121216

#0f0f11

#0b0b0d

#070709

#040404

Tints

Color #16161a mixed toward white.

#393944

#5d5d6d

#828295

#acacb8

#d5d5dc

Tones

Color #16161a mixed toward gray.

#16161a

#171719

#181818

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

18.04:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.16:1

White text reads better on this background (18.04:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#161619 · ΔE 0.7

Deuteranopia

#161619 · ΔE 0.7

Tritanopia

#161818 · ΔE 3.7

Achromatopsia

#161616 · ΔE 3

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #16161a;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#16161a]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#16161a (#16161a) is rgb(22, 22, 26) in RGB.

No, #16161a is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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