#162C28#162C28

#162C28 is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.021; OKLCH L 27.3% C 0.029 H 181.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162C28
RGB	rgb(22, 44, 40)
HSL	hsl(169, 33%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(169, 50%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 0%, 9.1%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.13, -9.96, -0.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.13, 9.97, 180.84°)
OKLab	oklab(27.33% -0.0292 -0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(27.33% 0.029 181.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.6144, 2.1250, 2.3322)
Luminance	0.0213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162C28 #2C161A

analogous

#162C1D #162C28 #16252C

triadic

#162C28 #28162C #2C2816

tetradic

#162C28 #1D162C #2C161A #252C16

square

#162C28 #1D162C #2C161A #252C16

split-complementary

#162C28 #2C1625 #2C1D16

monochromatic

#0A1413 #0A1413 #162C28 #2A554D #3F7E72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.74

#162C28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#162C28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162C28

14.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162C28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162C28	1.00	14.74	1.43	14.74
#FFFFFF	14.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A2A28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#262728

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E2D2B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162c28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 44, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.3% 0.029 181.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#546561',
    500: '#162c28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162c28;
$custom-light: #546561;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162c28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.091,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 12.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27332,
    "c": 0.02921,
    "h": 181.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162C28

secondary

#613C43

accent

#5E72C9

background

#F4F6F5

surface

#E8EBE9

border

#C4C6C5

text

#030505

muted

#787A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #162C28

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

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