#162437#162437

#162437 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 25.8% C 0.041 H 256.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#162437
RGBrgb(22, 36, 55)
HSLhsl(215, 43%, 15%)
HSVhsv(215, 60%, 22%)
CMYKcmyk(60%, 34.5%, 0%, 78.4%)
CIE-LABlab(13.87, 0.73, -14.17)
CIE-LCHlch(13.87, 14.19, 272.94°)
OKLaboklab(25.76% -0.0097 -0.0398)
OKLCHoklch(25.76% 0.041 256.3)
XYZxyz(1.6511, 1.7080, 3.8564)
Luminance0.0171 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#162437 #372916
analogous
#163537 #162437 #181637
triadic
#162437 #371624 #243716
tetradic
#162437 #371635 #372916 #163718
square
#162437 #371635 #372916 #163718
split-complementary
#162437 #371816 #353716
monochromatic
#090E16 #090E16 #162437 #274163 #395D8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.65
#162437 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34
#162437 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162437
15.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##162437#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##1624371.0015.651.3415.65
#FFFFFF15.651.0021.001.00
#0000001.3421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF15.651.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#1D2538
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#182237
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#06282B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #162437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 36, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(25.8% 0.041 256.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#565e6e',
    500: '#162437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #162437;
$custom-light: #565e6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#162437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.545,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 15.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.25759,
    "c": 0.04096,
    "h": 256.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.01708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#162437
secondary
#6E583B
accent
#9D55D3
background
#F5F5F6
surface
#E9E9EB
border
#C5C5C6
text
#030407
muted
#78797A

Preview Lab

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#162437 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva