#162B46#162B46

#162B46 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 28.6% C 0.057 H 255.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162B46
RGB	rgb(22, 43, 70)
HSL	hsl(214, 52%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(214, 69%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 38.6%, 0%, 72.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.18, 1.60, -19.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.18, 19.48, 274.71°)
OKLab	oklab(28.63% -0.0143 -0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(28.63% 0.057 255.4)
XYZ	xyz(2.2998, 2.3403, 6.1237)
Luminance	0.0234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162B46 #463116

analogous

#164346 #162B46 #191646

triadic

#162B46 #46162B #2B4616

tetradic

#162B46 #461643 #463116 #164619

square

#162B46 #461643 #463116 #164619

split-complementary

#162B46 #461916 #434616

monochromatic

#070E17 #070E17 #162B46 #254875 #3364A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.30

#162B46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#162B46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162B46

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162B46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162B46	1.00	14.30	1.47	14.30
#FFFFFF	14.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#202D47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#192845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003135

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162b46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 43, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.6% 0.057 255.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#586479',
    500: '#162b46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162b46;
$custom-light: #586479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162b46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.75,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 18.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28629,
    "c": 0.05679,
    "h": 255.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162B46

secondary

#7D603A

accent

#9D4CDC

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9EAED

border

#C5C6C8

text

#040509

muted

#79797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #162B46

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

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