#162A40#162A40

#162A40 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 28.0% C 0.049 H 252.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162A40
RGB	rgb(22, 42, 64)
HSL	hsl(211, 49%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(211, 66%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 34.4%, 0%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.49, -0.09, -16.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.49, 16.38, 269.70°)
OKLab	oklab(27.97% -0.015 -0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(27.97% 0.049 252)
XYZ	xyz(2.0839, 2.1965, 5.1636)
Luminance	0.0220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162A40 #402C16

analogous

#163F40 #162A40 #171640

triadic

#162A40 #40162A #2A4016

tetradic

#162A40 #40163F #402C16 #164017

square

#162A40 #40163F #402C16 #164017

split-complementary

#162A40 #401716 #3F4016

monochromatic

#080F17 #080F17 #162A40 #26486E #35669B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.59

#162A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#162A40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162A40

14.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162A40	1.00	14.59	1.44	14.59
#FFFFFF	14.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#212B41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B2740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002F32

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 42, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.0% 0.049 252.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#576375',
    500: '#162a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162a40;
$custom-light: #576375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.429,
    "s": 48.837,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27972,
    "c": 0.04851,
    "h": 252
  },
  "luminance": 0.02197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162A40

secondary

#775A3B

accent

#974FD8

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9EAED

border

#C5C6C8

text

#030508

muted

#78797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #162A40

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

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