#162C3E#162C3E

#162C3E is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 28.4% C 0.044 H 244.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162C3E
RGB	rgb(22, 44, 62)
HSL	hsl(207, 48%, 16%)
HSV	hsv(207, 65%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 29%, 0%, 75.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.08, -2.28, -14.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.08, 14.25, 260.80°)
OKLab	oklab(28.41% -0.0185 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(28.41% 0.044 244.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.1007, 2.3196, 4.8935)
Luminance	0.0232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162C3E #3E2816

analogous

#163E3C #162C3E #16183E

triadic

#162C3E #3E162C #2C3E16

tetradic

#162C3E #3C163E #3E2816 #183E16

square

#162C3E #3C163E #3E2816 #183E16

split-complementary

#162C3E #3E1618 #3E3C16

monochromatic

#081017 #081017 #162C3E #264C6B #366C98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.34

#162C3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.46

#162C3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162C3E

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162C3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162C3E	1.00	14.34	1.46	14.34
#FFFFFF	14.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#242C3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F283E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162c3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 44, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.4% 0.044 244.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#576473',
    500: '#162c3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162c3e;
$custom-light: #576473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162c3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207,
    "s": 47.619,
    "l": 16.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28405,
    "c": 0.04356,
    "h": 244.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162C3E

secondary

#75553B

accent

#8D51D7

background

#F5F6F6

surface

#E9EBEC

border

#C5C6C7

text

#030508

muted

#787A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #162C3E

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

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