#162B3E#162B3E

#162B3E is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 28.1% C 0.044 H 247.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162B3E
RGB	rgb(22, 43, 62)
HSL	hsl(209, 48%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(209, 65%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 30.6%, 0%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.73, -1.58, -14.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.73, 14.70, 263.84°)
OKLab	oklab(28.13% -0.0171 -0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(28.13% 0.044 247.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.0639, 2.2460, 4.8812)
Luminance	0.0225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162B3E #3E2916

analogous

#163E3D #162B3E #16173E

triadic

#162B3E #3E162B #2B3E16

tetradic

#162B3E #3D163E #3E2916 #173E16

square

#162B3E #3D163E #3E2916 #173E16

split-complementary

#162B3E #3E1617 #3E3D16

monochromatic

#081017 #081017 #162B3E #264A6B #366A98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.49

#162B3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.45

#162B3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162B3E

14.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162B3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162B3E	1.00	14.49	1.45	14.49
#FFFFFF	14.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#232C3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E283E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002F32

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162b3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 43, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.1% 0.044 247.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#576473',
    500: '#162b3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162b3e;
$custom-light: #576473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162b3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.5,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28126,
    "c": 0.04445,
    "h": 247.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162B3E

secondary

#75563B

accent

#9151D7

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9EAED

border

#C5C6C8

text

#030508

muted

#78797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #162B3E

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

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