#162A3E#162A3E

#162A3E is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 27.8% C 0.045 H 249.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162A3E
RGB	rgb(22, 42, 62)
HSL	hsl(210, 48%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(210, 65%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 32.3%, 0%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.38, -0.87, -15.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.38, 15.20, 266.72°)
OKLab	oklab(27.85% -0.0157 -0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(27.85% 0.045 249.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.0280, 2.1741, 4.8693)
Luminance	0.0217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162A3E #3E2A16

analogous

#163E3E #162A3E #16163E

triadic

#162A3E #3E162A #2A3E16

tetradic

#162A3E #3E163E #3E2A16 #163E16

square

#162A3E #3E163E #3E2A16 #163E16

split-complementary

#162A3E #3E1616 #3E3E16

monochromatic

#080F17 #080F17 #162A3E #26496B #366798

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.64

#162A3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#162A3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162A3E

14.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162A3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162A3E	1.00	14.64	1.43	14.64
#FFFFFF	14.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#222B3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C273E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002F31

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162a3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 42, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.8% 0.045 249.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#576373',
    500: '#162a3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162a3e;
$custom-light: #576373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162a3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27849,
    "c": 0.04544,
    "h": 249.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162A3E

secondary

#75583B

accent

#9451D7

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9EAED

border

#C5C6C8

text

#030508

muted

#78797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #162A3E

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

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