#162A39#162A39

#162A39 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 27.6% C 0.038 H 242.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162A39
RGB	rgb(22, 42, 57)
HSL	hsl(206, 44%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(206, 61%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 26.3%, 0%, 77.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.11, -2.79, -12.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.11, 12.42, 257.00°)
OKLab	oklab(27.56% -0.0177 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(27.56% 0.038 242.3)
XYZ	xyz(1.8971, 2.1218, 4.1797)
Luminance	0.0212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162A39 #392516

analogous

#163936 #162A39 #161839

triadic

#162A39 #39162A #2A3916

tetradic

#162A39 #361639 #392516 #183916

square

#162A39 #361639 #392516 #183916

split-complementary

#162A39 #391618 #393616

monochromatic

#091016 #091016 #162A39 #274B65 #386B91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.74

#162A39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.42

#162A39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162A39

14.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162A39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162A39	1.00	14.74	1.42	14.74
#FFFFFF	14.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#232A3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F2639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#032E2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162a39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 42, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.6% 0.038 242.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#56636f',
    500: '#162a39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162a39;
$custom-light: #56636f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162a39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.714,
    "s": 44.304,
    "l": 15.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27556,
    "c": 0.03814,
    "h": 242.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.02122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162A39

secondary

#70523B

accent

#8B54D4

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9EAEC

border

#C5C6C7

text

#030507

muted

#78797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #162A39

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

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