#162B39#162B39

#162B39 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 27.8% C 0.037 H 239.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162B39
RGB	rgb(22, 43, 57)
HSL	hsl(204, 44%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(204, 61%, 22%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 24.6%, 0%, 77.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.47, -3.49, -11.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.47, 12.06, 253.20°)
OKLab	oklab(27.84% -0.0192 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(27.84% 0.037 239.2)
XYZ	xyz(1.9330, 2.1936, 4.1916)
Luminance	0.0219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162B39 #392416

analogous

#163935 #162B39 #161939

triadic

#162B39 #39162B #2B3916

tetradic

#162B39 #351639 #392416 #193916

square

#162B39 #351639 #392416 #193916

split-complementary

#162B39 #391619 #393516

monochromatic

#091116 #091116 #162B39 #274C65 #386E91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.60

#162B39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#162B39 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162B39

14.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162B39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162B39	1.00	14.60	1.44	14.60
#FFFFFF	14.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#252B3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#202739

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#032F30

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162b39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 43, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.8% 0.037 239.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#56646f',
    500: '#162b39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162b39;
$custom-light: #56646f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162b39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 44.304,
    "l": 15.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27839,
    "c": 0.03747,
    "h": 239.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162B39

secondary

#70503B

accent

#8754D4

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9EAEC

border

#C5C6C7

text

#030507

muted

#78797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #162B39

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

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