#162C43#162C43

#162C43 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 28.7% C 0.051 H 251.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162C43
RGB	rgb(22, 44, 67)
HSL	hsl(211, 51%, 17%)
HSV	hsv(211, 67%, 26%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 34.3%, 0%, 73.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.35, -0.32, -17.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.35, 17.09, 268.93°)
OKLab	oklab(28.71% -0.0166 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(28.71% 0.051 251)
XYZ	xyz(2.2443, 2.3770, 5.6496)
Luminance	0.0238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162C43 #432D16

analogous

#164243 #162C43 #171643

triadic

#162C43 #43162C #2C4316

tetradic

#162C43 #431642 #432D16 #164317

square

#162C43 #431642 #432D16 #164317

split-complementary

#162C43 #431716 #424316

monochromatic

#080F17 #080F17 #162C43 #254A71 #34699F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.23

#162C43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#162C43 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162C43

14.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162C43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162C43	1.00	14.23	1.48	14.23
#FFFFFF	14.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#222D44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C2943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003134

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162c43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 44, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.7% 0.051 251.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#586477',
    500: '#162c43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162c43;
$custom-light: #586477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162c43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.667,
    "s": 50.562,
    "l": 17.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28708,
    "c": 0.05096,
    "h": 251
  },
  "luminance": 0.02377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162C43

secondary

#7A5B3A

accent

#954EDA

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9EBED

border

#C5C6C8

text

#030508

muted

#787A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #162C43

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

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