#161718

Color #161718

A nearly neutral, gray-leaning very dark blue.

Closest named color Black #000000 · ΔE 7.72 Nearest Tailwind class neutral-900 #171717 · ΔE 0.9

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Conversions

HEX

#161718

RGB

rgb(22, 23, 24)

HSL

hsl(210, 4.3%, 9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(210, 8.3%, 9.4%)

CMYK

cmyk(8.3%, 4.2%, 0%, 90.6%)

LAB

lab(7.67, -0.21, -0.87)

LCH

lch(7.67, 0.89, 256.43)

OKLCH

oklch(20.4%, 0.0025, 248.63)

HWB

hwb(210, 8.6%, 90.6%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#181716

Analogous

#161818

#161718

#161618

Triadic

#161718

#181617

#171816

Split-complementary

#161718

#181616

#181816

Tetradic

#161718

#171618

#181716

#171816

Square

#161718

#181618

#181716

#161816

Shades

Color #161718 mixed toward black.

#121314

#0f0f10

#0b0b0c

#070808

#040404

Tints

Color #161718 mixed toward white.

#3b3e40

#606469

#868b90

#aeb2b5

#d7d8da

Tones

Color #161718 mixed toward gray.

#161718

#161717

#171717

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

17.95:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.17:1

White text reads better on this background (17.95:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#161618 · ΔE 1.2

Deuteranopia

#161618 · ΔE 1.2

Tritanopia

#161818 · ΔE 1.2

Achromatopsia

#171717 · ΔE 0.9

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Code

CSS

background-color: #161718;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#161718]

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Steel Blue #4682b4

Light Steel Blue #b0c4de

Frequently asked questions

#161718 (#161718) is rgb(22, 23, 24) in RGB.

No, #161718 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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