#162A35#162A35

#162A35 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 27.3% C 0.033 H 233.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162A35
RGB	rgb(22, 42, 53)
HSL	hsl(201, 41%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(201, 58%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 20.8%, 0%, 79.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.92, -4.28, -9.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.92, 10.51, 245.98°)
OKLab	oklab(27.34% -0.0195 -0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(27.34% 0.033 233.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.8012, 2.0834, 3.6747)
Luminance	0.0208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162A35 #352116

analogous

#163531 #162A35 #161B35

triadic

#162A35 #35162A #2A3516

tetradic

#162A35 #311635 #352116 #1B3516

square

#162A35 #311635 #352116 #1B3516

split-complementary

#162A35 #35161B #353116

monochromatic

#091116 #091116 #162A35 #284C60 #3A6F8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.82

#162A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#162A35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162A35

14.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162A35	1.00	14.82	1.42	14.82
#FFFFFF	14.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#252936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#202635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#062D2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 42, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.3% 0.033 233.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#56636c',
    500: '#162a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162a35;
$custom-light: #56636c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.29,
    "s": 41.333,
    "l": 14.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27337,
    "c": 0.03301,
    "h": 233.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162A35

secondary

#6C4C3B

accent

#8257D1

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9EAEB

border

#C5C6C6

text

#030506

muted

#78797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #162A35

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

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