#162C3A#162C3A

#162C3A is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 28.2% C 0.038 H 238.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162C3A
RGB	rgb(22, 44, 58)
HSL	hsl(203, 45%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(203, 62%, 23%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.1%, 24.1%, 0%, 77.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.88, -3.80, -11.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.88, 12.22, 251.88°)
OKLab	oklab(28.18% -0.0202 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(28.18% 0.038 238.1)
XYZ	xyz(1.9950, 2.2773, 4.3366)
Luminance	0.0228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162C3A #3A2416

analogous

#163A36 #162C3A #161A3A

triadic

#162C3A #3A162C #2C3A16

tetradic

#162C3A #36163A #3A2416 #1A3A16

square

#162C3A #36163A #3A2416 #1A3A16

split-complementary

#162C3A #3A161A #3A3616

monochromatic

#081116 #081116 #162C3A #274E66 #386F93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.43

#162C3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#162C3A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162C3A

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162C3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162C3A	1.00	14.43	1.46	14.43
#FFFFFF	14.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#262C3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#21283A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#023031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162c3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 44, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.2% 0.038 238.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#566570',
    500: '#162c3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162c3a;
$custom-light: #566570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162c3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.333,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 15.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28178,
    "c": 0.03815,
    "h": 238.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.02277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162C3A

secondary

#71503B

accent

#8653D5

background

#F5F6F6

surface

#E9EBEC

border

#C5C6C7

text

#030507

muted

#787A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #162C3A

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

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