#162C2F#162C2F

#162C2F is a dark, muted teal. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 27.6% C 0.028 H 206.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162C2F
RGB	rgb(22, 44, 47)
HSL	hsl(187, 36%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(187, 53%, 18%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 6.4%, 0%, 81.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.39, -7.72, -4.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.39, 9.03, 211.20°)
OKLab	oklab(27.63% -0.0254 -0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(27.63% 0.028 206.8)
XYZ	xyz(1.7445, 2.1770, 3.0171)
Luminance	0.0218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162C2F #2F1916

analogous

#162F25 #162C2F #161F2F

triadic

#162C2F #2F162C #2C2F16

tetradic

#162C2F #25162F #2F1916 #1F2F16

square

#162C2F #25162F #2F1916 #1F2F16

split-complementary

#162C2F #2F161F #2F2516

monochromatic

#0A1415 #0A1415 #162C2F #2A5359 #3D7A82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.63

#162C2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#162C2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162C2F

14.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162C2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162C2F	1.00	14.63	1.44	14.63
#FFFFFF	14.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#292A2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#25272F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0A2E2D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162c2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 44, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.6% 0.028 206.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#556567',
    500: '#162c2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162c2f;
$custom-light: #556567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162c2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.2,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 13.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27627,
    "c": 0.02848,
    "h": 206.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.02177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162C2F

secondary

#65413C

accent

#695CCC

background

#F5F6F6

surface

#E9EBEB

border

#C5C6C6

text

#030506

muted

#787A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #162C2F

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

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