#162B48#162B48

#162B48 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 28.8% C 0.060 H 256.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162B48
RGB	rgb(22, 43, 72)
HSL	hsl(215, 53%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(215, 69%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 40.3%, 0%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.30, 2.41, -20.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.30, 20.74, 276.67°)
OKLab	oklab(28.76% -0.0137 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(28.76% 0.06 256.8)
XYZ	xyz(2.3640, 2.3660, 6.4617)
Luminance	0.0237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162B48 #483316

analogous

#164448 #162B48 #1A1648

triadic

#162B48 #48162B #2B4816

tetradic

#162B48 #481644 #483316 #16481A

square

#162B48 #481644 #483316 #16481A

split-complementary

#162B48 #481A16 #444816

monochromatic

#070E17 #080F19 #162B48 #244777 #3363A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.25

#162B48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#162B48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162B48

14.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162B48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162B48	1.00	14.25	1.47	14.25
#FFFFFF	14.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F2D49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#182847

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003236

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162b48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 43, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.8% 0.060 256.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#59647b',
    500: '#162b48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162b48;
$custom-light: #59647b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162b48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 214.8,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28763,
    "c": 0.05998,
    "h": 256.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162B48

secondary

#7F623A

accent

#A04BDD

background

#F5F5F7

surface

#E9EAED

border

#C5C6C8

text

#040509

muted

#79797B

Preview Lab

Preview with #162B48

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

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