#16161c

Color #16161c

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark blue.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 8.73 Nearest Tailwind class zinc-900 #18181b · ΔE 2.2

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Conversions

HEX

#16161c

RGB

rgb(22, 22, 28)

HSL

hsl(240, 12%, 9.8%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(240, 21.4%, 11%)

CMYK

cmyk(21.4%, 21.4%, 0%, 89%)

LAB

lab(7.48, 1.64, -4.2)

LCH

lch(7.48, 4.51, 291.33)

OKLCH

oklch(20.3%, 0.0119, 285.09)

HWB

hwb(240, 8.6%, 89%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#1c1c16

Analogous

#16191c

#16161c

#19161c

Triadic

#16161c

#1c1616

#161c16

Split-complementary

#16161c

#1c1916

#191c16

Tetradic

#16161c

#1c161c

#1c1c16

#161c16

Square

#16161c

#1c1619

#1c1c16

#161c19

Shades

Color #16161c mixed toward black.

#121217

#0f0f13

#0b0b0e

#070709

#040405

Tints

Color #16161c mixed toward white.

#383847

#595972

#7e7e9a

#a9a9bc

#d4d4dd

Tones

Color #16161c mixed toward gray.

#16161b

#17171b

#17171a

#18181a

#181819

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

18.02:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.17:1

White text reads better on this background (18.02:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#16161b · ΔE 0.7

Deuteranopia

#16161a · ΔE 1.4

Tritanopia

#161a19 · ΔE 6.5

Achromatopsia

#161616 · ΔE 4.4

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

Code

CSS

background-color: #16161c;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#16161c]

Related colors

Navy #000080

Lavender #e6e6fa

Blue #0000ff

Dark Blue #00008b

Ghost White #f8f8ff

Medium Blue #0000cd

Frequently asked questions

#16161c (#16161c) is rgb(22, 22, 28) in RGB.

No, #16161c is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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