#162A37#162A37

#162A37 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 27.4% C 0.035 H 238.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162A37
RGB	rgb(22, 42, 55)
HSL	hsl(204, 43%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(204, 60%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 23.6%, 0%, 78.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.01, -3.54, -10.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.01, 11.42, 251.93°)
OKLab	oklab(27.45% -0.0186 -0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(27.45% 0.035 238.4)
XYZ	xyz(1.8482, 2.1022, 3.9221)
Luminance	0.0210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162A37 #372316

analogous

#163733 #162A37 #161A37

triadic

#162A37 #37162A #2A3716

tetradic

#162A37 #331637 #372316 #1A3716

square

#162A37 #331637 #372316 #1A3716

split-complementary

#162A37 #37161A #373316

monochromatic

#091116 #091116 #162A37 #274B63 #396D8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.78

#162A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#162A37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162A37

14.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162A37	1.00	14.78	1.42	14.78
#FFFFFF	14.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#242A38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#202637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#052D2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 42, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.4% 0.035 238.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#56636d',
    500: '#162a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162a37;
$custom-light: #56636d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.636,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 15.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27445,
    "c": 0.03547,
    "h": 238.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162A37

secondary

#6E4F3B

accent

#8755D3

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9EAEB

border

#C5C6C6

text

#030507

muted

#78797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #162A37

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

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