#162C46#162C46

#162C46 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 28.9% C 0.056 H 253.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162C46
RGB	rgb(22, 44, 70)
HSL	hsl(213, 52%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(213, 69%, 27%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 37.1%, 0%, 72.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.52, 0.88, -18.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.52, 18.90, 272.68°)
OKLab	oklab(28.9% -0.0156 -0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(28.9% 0.056 253.7)
XYZ	xyz(2.3367, 2.4139, 6.1360)
Luminance	0.0241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162C46 #463016

analogous

#164446 #162C46 #181646

triadic

#162C46 #46162C #2C4616

tetradic

#162C46 #461644 #463016 #164618

square

#162C46 #461644 #463016 #164618

split-complementary

#162C46 #461816 #444616

monochromatic

#070F17 #070F17 #162C46 #254975 #3367A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.16

#162C46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.48

#162C46 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162C46

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162C46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162C46	1.00	14.16	1.48	14.16
#FFFFFF	14.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#212E47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1B2945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003235

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162c46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 44, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.9% 0.056 253.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#596479',
    500: '#162c46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162c46;
$custom-light: #596479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162c46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.5,
    "s": 52.174,
    "l": 18.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28899,
    "c": 0.0556,
    "h": 253.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162C46

secondary

#7D5F3A

accent

#9A4CDC

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9EBED

border

#C5C6C8

text

#040509

muted

#797A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #162C46

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

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