#162C40#162C40

#162C40 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.023; OKLCH L 28.5% C 0.046 H 247.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162C40
RGB	rgb(22, 44, 64)
HSL	hsl(209, 49%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(209, 66%, 25%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 31.2%, 0%, 74.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.19, -1.50, -15.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.19, 15.36, 264.39°)
OKLab	oklab(28.52% -0.0177 -0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(28.52% 0.046 247.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.1566, 2.3419, 5.1879)
Luminance	0.0234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162C40 #402A16

analogous

#16403F #162C40 #161740

triadic

#162C40 #40162C #2C4016

tetradic

#162C40 #3F1640 #402A16 #174016

square

#162C40 #3F1640 #402A16 #174016

split-complementary

#162C40 #401617 #403F16

monochromatic

#081017 #081017 #162C40 #264B6E #356B9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.30

#162C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#162C40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162C40

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162C40	1.00	14.30	1.47	14.30
#FFFFFF	14.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#242D41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1E2840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003133

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2A2A2A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 44, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.5% 0.046 247.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#576475',
    500: '#162c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162c40;
$custom-light: #576475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.571,
    "s": 48.837,
    "l": 16.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28524,
    "c": 0.04646,
    "h": 247.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162C40

secondary

#77573B

accent

#914FD8

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9EBED

border

#C5C6C8

text

#030508

muted

#787A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #162C40

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

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