#162A28#162A28

#162A28 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.020; OKLCH L 26.7% C 0.026 H 187.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162A28
RGB	rgb(22, 42, 40)
HSL	hsl(174, 31%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(174, 48%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.6%, 0%, 4.8%, 83.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.38, -8.69, -1.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.38, 8.78, 188.16°)
OKLab	oklab(26.73% -0.0261 -0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(26.73% 0.026 187.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.5417, 1.9796, 2.3079)
Luminance	0.0198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162A28 #2A1618

analogous

#162A1E #162A28 #16222A

triadic

#162A28 #28162A #2A2816

tetradic

#162A28 #1E162A #2A1618 #222A16

square

#162A28 #1E162A #2A1618 #222A16

split-complementary

#162A28 #2A1622 #2A1E16

monochromatic

#0B1413 #0B1413 #162A28 #2B524E #407A74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.04

#162A28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.40

#162A28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162A28

15.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162A28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162A28	1.00	15.04	1.40	15.04
#FFFFFF	15.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#282828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#242528

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E2B29

Achromatopsia (no color)

#262626

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 42, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.7% 0.026 187.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#546361',
    500: '#162a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162a28;
$custom-light: #546361;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174,
    "s": 31.25,
    "l": 12.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26728,
    "c": 0.02629,
    "h": 187.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162A28

secondary

#5F3D40

accent

#606BC7

background

#F4F5F5

surface

#E7EAE9

border

#C3C6C5

text

#030505

muted

#787979

Preview Lab

Preview with #162A28

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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