#162B3A#162B3A

#162B3A is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 27.9% C 0.039 H 241.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162B3A
RGB	rgb(22, 43, 58)
HSL	hsl(205, 45%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(205, 62%, 23%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 25.9%, 0%, 77.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.52, -3.11, -12.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.52, 12.56, 255.66°)
OKLab	oklab(27.89% -0.0187 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(27.89% 0.039 241.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.9582, 2.2037, 4.3243)
Luminance	0.0220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162B3A #3A2516

analogous

#163A37 #162B3A #16193A

triadic

#162B3A #3A162B #2B3A16

tetradic

#162B3A #37163A #3A2516 #193A16

square

#162B3A #37163A #3A2516 #193A16

split-complementary

#162B3A #3A1619 #3A3716

monochromatic

#081016 #081016 #162B3A #274C66 #386D93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.58

#162B3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#162B3A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162B3A

14.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162B3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162B3A	1.00	14.58	1.44	14.58
#FFFFFF	14.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#242B3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#20273A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#022F30

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162b3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 43, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.9% 0.039 241.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#566470',
    500: '#162b3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162b3a;
$custom-light: #566470;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162b3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 15.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27895,
    "c": 0.03879,
    "h": 241.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162B3A

secondary

#71513B

accent

#8953D5

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9EAEC

border

#C5C6C7

text

#030507

muted

#78797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #162B3A

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

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