#162A45#162A45

#162A45 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 28.3% C 0.056 H 256.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162A45
RGB	rgb(22, 42, 69)
HSL	hsl(214, 52%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(214, 68%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 39.1%, 0%, 72.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.78, 1.91, -19.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.78, 19.46, 275.64°)
OKLab	oklab(28.3% -0.0133 -0.0548)
OKLCH	oklch(28.3% 0.056 256.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.2326, 2.2560, 5.9469)
Luminance	0.0226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162A45 #453116

analogous

#164145 #162A45 #191645

triadic

#162A45 #45162A #2A4516

tetradic

#162A45 #451641 #453116 #164519

square

#162A45 #451641 #453116 #164519

split-complementary

#162A45 #451916 #414516

monochromatic

#070E17 #070E17 #162A45 #254673 #3462A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.47

#162A45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#162A45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162A45

14.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162A45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162A45	1.00	14.47	1.45	14.47
#FFFFFF	14.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F2C46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#182744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162a45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 42, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.3% 0.056 256.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#586379',
    500: '#162a45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162a45;
$custom-light: #586379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162a45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.468,
    "s": 51.648,
    "l": 17.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28295,
    "c": 0.05642,
    "h": 256.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162A45

secondary

#7C603A

accent

#9F4DDB

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9EAED

border

#C5C6C8

text

#040509

muted

#79797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #162A45

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

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