#162C42#162C42

#162C42 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 28.6% C 0.049 H 249.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162C42
RGB	rgb(22, 44, 66)
HSL	hsl(210, 50%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(210, 67%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 33.3%, 0%, 74.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.30, -0.71, -16.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.30, 16.51, 267.52°)
OKLab	oklab(28.65% -0.017 -0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(28.65% 0.049 249.9)
XYZ	xyz(2.2146, 2.3651, 5.4930)
Luminance	0.0237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162C42 #422C16

analogous

#164242 #162C42 #161642

triadic

#162C42 #42162C #2C4216

tetradic

#162C42 #421642 #422C16 #164216

square

#162C42 #421642 #422C16 #164216

split-complementary

#162C42 #421616 #424216

monochromatic

#080F17 #080F17 #162C42 #254B70 #35699E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.26

#162C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.47

#162C42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162C42

14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162C42	1.00	14.26	1.47	14.26
#FFFFFF	14.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#232D43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D2942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003134

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 44, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.6% 0.049 249.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#586476',
    500: '#162c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162c42;
$custom-light: #586476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 17.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28645,
    "c": 0.04944,
    "h": 249.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162C42

secondary

#795A3A

accent

#944EDA

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9EBED

border

#C5C6C8

text

#030508

muted

#787A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #162C42

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

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