#162A38#162A38

#162A38 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 27.5% C 0.037 H 240.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162A38
RGB	rgb(22, 42, 56)
HSL	hsl(205, 44%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(205, 61%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 25%, 0%, 78%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.06, -3.17, -11.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.06, 11.91, 254.57°)
OKLab	oklab(27.5% -0.0181 -0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(27.5% 0.037 240.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.8724, 2.1119, 4.0496)
Luminance	0.0211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162A38 #382416

analogous

#163835 #162A38 #161938

triadic

#162A38 #38162A #2A3816

tetradic

#162A38 #351638 #382416 #193816

square

#162A38 #351638 #382416 #193816

split-complementary

#162A38 #381619 #383516

monochromatic

#091016 #091016 #162A38 #274B64 #396C90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.76

#162A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#162A38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162A38

14.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162A38	1.00	14.76	1.42	14.76
#FFFFFF	14.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#242A39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F2638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#042D2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 42, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.5% 0.037 240.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#56636e',
    500: '#162a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162a38;
$custom-light: #56636e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.706,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 15.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.275,
    "c": 0.03679,
    "h": 240.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162A38

secondary

#6F503B

accent

#8954D3

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9EAEC

border

#C5C6C7

text

#030507

muted

#78797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #162A38

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

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