#162B3B#162B3B

#162B3B is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 28.0% C 0.040 H 242.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162B3B
RGB	rgb(22, 43, 59)
HSL	hsl(206, 46%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(206, 63%, 23%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 27.1%, 0%, 76.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.57, -2.73, -12.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.57, 13.07, 257.95°)
OKLab	oklab(27.95% -0.0183 -0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(27.95% 0.04 242.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.9839, 2.2139, 4.4596)
Luminance	0.0221 (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

#162B3B #3B2616

analogous

#163B38 #162B3B #16183B

triadic

#162B3B #3B162B #2B3B16

tetradic

#162B3B #38163B #3B2616 #183B16

square

#162B3B #38163B #3B2616 #183B16

split-complementary

#162B3B #3B1618 #3B3816

monochromatic

#081016 #081016 #162B3B #274B68 #376C94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.56

#162B3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#162B3B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162B3B

14.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162B3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162B3B	1.00	14.56	1.44	14.56
#FFFFFF	14.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#242B3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F273B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#012F30

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162b3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 43, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.0% 0.040 242.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#566471',
    500: '#162b3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162b3b;
$custom-light: #566471;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162b3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.946,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 15.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27952,
    "c": 0.04016,
    "h": 242.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162B3B

secondary

#72533B

accent

#8B52D5

background

#F5F5F6

surface

#E9EAEC

border

#C5C6C7

text

#030507

muted

#78797A

Preview Lab

Preview with #162B3B

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

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