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#161a29 color: Coarse Wool

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227°
100%

OKLCH

22.1%
0.030
272°
  • ≈ Graphite
  • Indigo
  • Very dark
  • Muted
  • Cool
  • gray-900
  • Black 84%

Looks the same on every screen.

White text17.30:1 · AALc -106
Black text1.21:1 · Below AALc 0

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About #161a29

#161a29 is a muted very dark indigo color. In OKLCH it has 22.1% lightness, 0.03 chroma and a hue of 272°.

Looks the same on every screen.

White text on it reaches 17.3:1 contrast and black text 1.21:1, so white text reads better.

The closest named color is Coarse Wool (#181b26). In Tailwind CSS the closest color is gray-900.

More very dark indigo colors

Lighter: #161a29 mixed with white

  1. 161a29
  2. 292d3b
  3. 3d414f
  4. 525663
  5. 696c77
  6. 80838d
  7. 989ba3
  8. b1b3b9
  9. caccd0
  10. e4e5e7

Darker: #161a29 mixed with black

  1. 161a29
  2. 121522
  3. 0d101c
  4. 090c15
  5. 06070f
  6. 030409
  7. 020205
  8. 010102
  9. 000001
  10. 000000

Calmer: #161a29 with less saturation

  1. 161a29
  2. 161a28
  3. 171a26
  4. 171a25
  5. 181a23
  6. 181b22
  7. 191b21
  8. 191b1f
  9. 1a1b1e
  10. 1a1b1c