#162B42#162B42

#162B42 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 28.4% C 0.051 H 252.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162B42
RGB	rgb(22, 43, 66)
HSL	hsl(211, 50%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(211, 67%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 34.8%, 0%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.95, -0.00, -17.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.95, 17.04, 269.99°)
OKLab	oklab(28.37% -0.0156 -0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(28.37% 0.051 252)
XYZ	xyz(2.1778, 2.2915, 5.4807)
Luminance	0.0229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162B42 #422D16

analogous

#164142 #162B42 #171642

triadic

#162B42 #42162B #2B4216

tetradic

#162B42 #421641 #422D16 #164217

square

#162B42 #421641 #422D16 #164217

split-complementary

#162B42 #421716 #414216

monochromatic

#080F17 #080F17 #162B42 #254970 #35679E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.40

#162B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#162B42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162B42

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162B42	1.00	14.40	1.46	14.40
#FFFFFF	14.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#212C43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C2842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 43, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.4% 0.051 252.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#586476',
    500: '#162b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162b42;
$custom-light: #586476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.364,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 17.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28371,
    "c": 0.05051,
    "h": 252
  },
  "luminance": 0.02292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162B42

secondary

#795B3A

accent

#974EDA

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9EAED

border

#C5C6C8

text

#030508

muted

#78797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #162B42

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

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