#162C31#162C31

#162C31 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 27.7% C 0.029 H 213.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162C31
RGB	rgb(22, 44, 49)
HSL	hsl(191, 38%, 14%)
HSV	hsv(191, 55%, 19%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 10.2%, 0%, 80.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.47, -7.04, -5.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.47, 9.22, 220.22°)
OKLab	oklab(27.72% -0.0244 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(27.72% 0.029 213.9)
XYZ	xyz(1.7857, 2.1935, 3.2344)
Luminance	0.0219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162C31 #311B16

analogous

#163129 #162C31 #161F31

triadic

#162C31 #31162C #2C3116

tetradic

#162C31 #291631 #311B16 #1F3116

square

#162C31 #291631 #311B16 #1F3116

split-complementary

#162C31 #31161F #312916

monochromatic

#091315 #091315 #162C31 #29525B #3C7885

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.60

#162C31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#162C31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162C31

14.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162C31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162C31	1.00	14.60	1.44	14.60
#FFFFFF	14.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#282B31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#242731

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#092E2E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162c31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 44, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(27.7% 0.029 213.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#556569',
    500: '#162c31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162c31;
$custom-light: #556569;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162c31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.111,
    "s": 38.028,
    "l": 13.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.27719,
    "c": 0.0294,
    "h": 213.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162C31

secondary

#67443C

accent

#6F5ACE

background

#F5F6F6

surface

#E9EBEB

border

#C5C6C6

text

#030506

muted

#787A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #162C31

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

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