#162B36#162B36

#162B36 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 27.7% C 0.034 H 232.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162B36
RGB	rgb(22, 43, 54)
HSL	hsl(201, 42%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(201, 59%, 21%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 20.4%, 0%, 78.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.33, -4.60, -9.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.33, 10.71, 244.59°)
OKLab	oklab(27.68% -0.0205 -0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(27.68% 0.034 232.7)
XYZ	xyz(1.8604, 2.1645, 3.8091)
Luminance	0.0216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162B36 #362116

analogous

#163631 #162B36 #161B36

triadic

#162B36 #36162B #2B3616

tetradic

#162B36 #311636 #362116 #1B3616

square

#162B36 #311636 #362116 #1B3616

split-complementary

#162B36 #36161B #363116

monochromatic

#091116 #091116 #162B36 #284E61 #39708D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.65

#162B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#162B36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162B36

14.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162B36	1.00	14.65	1.43	14.65
#FFFFFF	14.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#262A37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#212736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#052E2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 43, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.7% 0.034 232.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#56646d',
    500: '#162b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162b36;
$custom-light: #56646d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.625,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 14.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27678,
    "c": 0.03378,
    "h": 232.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162B36

secondary

#6D4C3B

accent

#8156D2

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9EAEB

border

#C5C6C6

text

#030507

muted

#78797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #162B36

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

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