#162C2C#162C2C

#162C2C is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 27.5% C 0.028 H 195.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162C2C
RGB	rgb(22, 44, 44)
HSL	hsl(180, 33%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(180, 50%, 17%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 0%, 0%, 82.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.27, -8.71, -2.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.27, 9.13, 197.48°)
OKLab	oklab(27.5% -0.027 -0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(27.5% 0.028 195.6)
XYZ	xyz(1.6860, 2.1537, 2.7092)
Luminance	0.0215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162C2C #2C1616

analogous

#162C21 #162C2C #16212C

triadic

#162C2C #2C162C #2C2C16

tetradic

#162C2C #21162C #2C1616 #212C16

square

#162C2C #21162C #2C1616 #212C16

split-complementary

#162C2C #2C1621 #2C2116

monochromatic

#0A1414 #0A1414 #162C2C #2A5555 #3F7E7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.68

#162C2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.43

#162C2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162C2C

14.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162C2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162C2C	1.00	14.68	1.43	14.68
#FFFFFF	14.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#292A2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#25272C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0C2D2C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#282828

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162c2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 44, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.5% 0.028 195.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#556565',
    500: '#162c2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162c2c;
$custom-light: #556565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162c2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 12.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27495,
    "c": 0.02804,
    "h": 195.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162C2C

secondary

#613C3C

accent

#5E5EC9

background

#F5F6F6

surface

#E8EBEB

border

#C4C6C6

text

#030505

muted

#787A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #162C2C

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

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