#162C48#162C48

#162C48 is a dark, muted cyan. Relative luminance 0.024; OKLCH L 29.0% C 0.059 H 255.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#162C48
RGB	rgb(22, 44, 72)
HSL	hsl(214, 53%, 18%)
HSV	hsv(214, 69%, 28%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 38.9%, 0%, 71.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(17.64, 1.69, -20.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(17.64, 20.13, 274.82°)
OKLab	oklab(29.03% -0.0149 -0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(29.03% 0.059 255.3)
XYZ	xyz(2.4008, 2.4396, 6.4740)
Luminance	0.0244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#162C48 #483216

analogous

#164548 #162C48 #191648

triadic

#162C48 #48162C #2C4816

tetradic

#162C48 #481645 #483216 #164819

square

#162C48 #481645 #483216 #164819

split-complementary

#162C48 #481916 #454816

monochromatic

#070E17 #080F19 #162C48 #244977 #3365A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.11

#162C48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.49

#162C48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #162C48

14.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##162C48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##162C48	1.00	14.11	1.49	14.11
#FFFFFF	14.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#202E49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#192947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#003236

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2B2B2B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #162c48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 44, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(29.0% 0.059 255.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#59647b',
    500: '#162c48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #162c48;
$custom-light: #59647b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#162c48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 213.6,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 18.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.2903,
    "c": 0.05874,
    "h": 255.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#162C48

secondary

#7F613A

accent

#9D4BDD

background

#F5F6F7

surface

#E9EBED

border

#C5C6C8

text

#040509

muted

#797A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #162C48

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

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