#162C3C#162C3C

#162C3C is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 28.3% C 0.041 H 241.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162C3C
RGB	rgb(22, 44, 60)
HSL	hsl(205, 46%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(205, 63%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.3%, 26.7%, 0%, 76.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.98, -3.04, -12.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.98, 13.20, 256.67°)
OKLab	oklab(28.29% -0.0193 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(28.29% 0.041 241.7)
XYZ	xyz(2.0469, 2.2980, 4.6098)
Luminance	0.0230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162C3C #3C2616

analogous

#163C39 #162C3C #16193C

triadic

#162C3C #3C162C #2C3C16

tetradic

#162C3C #39163C #3C2616 #193C16

square

#162C3C #39163C #3C2616 #193C16

split-complementary

#162C3C #3C1619 #3C3916

monochromatic

#081016 #081016 #162C3C #264D69 #376E96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.39

#162C3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#162C3C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162C3C

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162C3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162C3C	1.00	14.39	1.46	14.39
#FFFFFF	14.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#252C3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#20283C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162c3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 44, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.3% 0.041 241.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#576571',
    500: '#162c3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162c3c;
$custom-light: #576571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162c3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.263,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 16.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2829,
    "c": 0.04078,
    "h": 241.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162C3C

secondary

#73523B

accent

#8952D6

background

#F5F6F6

surface

#E9EBEC

border

#C5C6C7

text

#030507

muted

#787A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #162C3C

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

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