#162A36#162A36

#162A36 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 27.4% C 0.034 H 236.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162A36
RGB	rgb(22, 42, 54)
HSL	hsl(203, 42%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(203, 59%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 22.2%, 0%, 78.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(15.97, -3.91, -10.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(15.97, 10.95, 249.08°)
OKLab	oklab(27.39% -0.019 -0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(27.39% 0.034 236.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.8245, 2.0927, 3.7971)
Luminance	0.0209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162A36 #362216

analogous

#163632 #162A36 #161A36

triadic

#162A36 #36162A #2A3616

tetradic

#162A36 #321636 #362216 #1A3616

square

#162A36 #321636 #362216 #1A3616

split-complementary

#162A36 #36161A #363216

monochromatic

#091116 #091116 #162A36 #284C61 #396E8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.80

#162A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#162A36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162A36

14.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162A36	1.00	14.80	1.42	14.80
#FFFFFF	14.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#242A37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#202636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#062D2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 42, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.4% 0.034 236.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#56636d',
    500: '#162a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162a36;
$custom-light: #56636d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.5,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 14.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27391,
    "c": 0.03421,
    "h": 236.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162A36

secondary

#6D4E3B

accent

#8456D2

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9EAEB

border

#C5C6C6

text

#030507

muted

#78797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #162A36

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

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