#162A32#162A32

#162A32 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 27.2% C 0.030 H 225.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162A32
RGB	rgb(22, 42, 50)
HSL	hsl(197, 39%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(197, 56%, 20%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 16%, 0%, 80.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.78, -5.36, -7.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.78, 9.38, 235.19°)
OKLab	oklab(27.18% -0.0209 -0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(27.18% 0.03 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.7344, 2.0567, 3.3226)
Luminance	0.0206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162A32 #321E16

analogous

#16322C #162A32 #161C32

triadic

#162A32 #32162A #2A3216

tetradic

#162A32 #2C1632 #321E16 #1C3216

square

#162A32 #2C1632 #321E16 #1C3216

split-complementary

#162A32 #32161C #322C16

monochromatic

#091215 #091215 #162A32 #294E5D #3B7187

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.88

#162A32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.41

#162A32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162A32

14.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162A32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162A32	1.00	14.88	1.41	14.88
#FFFFFF	14.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#262932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#222632

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#092C2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#272727

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162a32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 42, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.2% 0.030 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#556369',
    500: '#162a32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162a32;
$custom-light: #556369;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162a32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 38.889,
    "l": 14.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27183,
    "c": 0.02981,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162A32

secondary

#68483C

accent

#7B59CF

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9EAEB

border

#C5C6C6

text

#030506

muted

#78797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #162A32

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

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