#162A42#162A42

#162A42 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 28.1% C 0.052 H 253.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162A42
RGB	rgb(22, 42, 66)
HSL	hsl(213, 50%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(213, 67%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 36.4%, 0%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.60, 0.71, -17.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.60, 17.60, 272.31°)
OKLab	oklab(28.1% -0.0143 -0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(28.1% 0.052 253.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.1419, 2.2197, 5.4688)
Luminance	0.0222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162A42 #422E16

analogous

#164042 #162A42 #181642

triadic

#162A42 #42162A #2A4216

tetradic

#162A42 #421640 #422E16 #164218

square

#162A42 #421640 #422E16 #164218

split-complementary

#162A42 #421816 #404216

monochromatic

#080F17 #080F17 #162A42 #254770 #35649E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.54

#162A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#162A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162A42

14.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162A42	1.00	14.54	1.44	14.54
#FFFFFF	14.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#202B43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A2742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002F33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 42, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.1% 0.052 253.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#586376',
    500: '#162a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162a42;
$custom-light: #586376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.727,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 17.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28099,
    "c": 0.05165,
    "h": 253.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162A42

secondary

#795D3A

accent

#9A4EDA

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9EAED

border

#C5C6C8

text

#030508

muted

#78797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #162A42

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

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